Chapter 16: Encounters
"The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States to commemorate the alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolutionary War, designed by the famous French sculptor Bartodi over a period of ten years, and is a symbol of free will......"
Standing at the very top of the interior of the Statue of Liberty, Nicole talks like a beautiful female tour guide.
After two days in the Big Apple, Ryan and Nicole have visited many famous attractions, such as watching colorful neon advertisements in Times Square, shopping at boutiques on Fifth Avenue, going to theaters on Broadway, and experiencing the urban forest in Central Park.
After crossing the Hudson estuary, the two went all the way back to Manhattan, anyway, they came out to relax, they didn't have a clear jihua and goal, basically went wherever they went, and they didn't care about the repetition of the route at all.
"Ryan, what's wrong with you?" Nicole felt her hands sink, only to find that the boy holding her hand suddenly stood in place, "The Twin Towers are one of the tallest buildings on Shijie, and the sightseeing room on the top floor can see half of New York, don't you want to go?" ”
"Nicole, let's not go, I don't like the Twin Towers."
Although it's only 1990 now, the shadow of the previous life is lingering, and he won't enter the World Trade Center if he kills Ryan, "Let's go to the Empire State Building." ”
"Okay then."
The Empire State Building, located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, was built in 1930 and is known as the symbol of the Big Apple along with the Statue of Liberty at the mouth of the Hudson River.
Arriving at the observation deck on the 86th floor, Ryan looked into the distance, which was in the direction of Long Island.
"What are you thinking?" Nicole asked, seeing that he was a little distracted.
"Nothing?" Ryan came back to his senses and remembered his unfinished script related to the Empire State Building, "Nicole, I heard from Pat that a producer sent you an invitation?" ”
"yes." Nicole nodded.
Unlike its predecessors, "Horizon Crossing" landed in the United States earlier, and more interestingly, it was Miramax who introduced the film to North America, and as the film entered theaters, Nicole gradually became famous in Hollywood, and some studios began to send out invitations.
"It's a pity that they're all vase characters." With the experience of "The Sixth Sense", Nicole's eyes are also a little picky.
"I've got the next script ready for you." With the relationship between the two, there is naturally nothing bad to say.
"Really? weishenme I don't know? Nicole raised an eyebrow, "What's the content?" ”
"It's about the Empire State Building, and it's not nearly finished." Ryan thought for a moment and said, "I'll give you a suggestion, it's best not to accept the film appointment before the release of "The Sixth Sense". ”
“weishenme?”
"Because after "The Sixth Sense", your worth will definitely rise."
"You little ghost, so confident?" Nicole was noncommittal and stroked his windswept hair, "As for the script, you have to let me see it, if it doesn't suit my heart, I won't take it." ”
"At home in Los Angeles, you go back and find it yourself." Ryan smiled, the manuscript he wrote, Nicole wouldn't flip through unless he invited it, which was also a respect for his privacy.
Located a short distance from Manhattan and a famous holiday destination, Long Island attracted many people to settle here, especially after World War II, when a large number of middle-class and wealthy Jews also relocated, many of them from Jerusalem.
After a round in Winnett Park, Ryan simply pulled Nicole into the dessert shop at the entrance of the park, probably because of the weekend, there were many people in the store, most of them were children accompanied by parents, only a table in the corner was still empty, and after asking for two Black Forest cakes and two glasses of orange juice, Ryan and they sat at the table.
"The taste is okay, it's just too sweet." These desserts are often the natural enemies of beauty-loving women, and Nicole just tasted a few bites and put down her fork.
"Nope! No! No! I want to be vegan! A crisp girl's voice came from the direction of the counter, "Xiexie, give me another glass of hot orange juice!" ”
The girl took a small tray and turned her head to look around the store, and Zuihou walked towards Ryan's table.
"May I sit here, please?" The girl asked very politely, showing a very good upbringing.
Ryan had been talking to Nicole in a low voice, and only then did he notice the girl's arrival, he turned his head, and the moment he saw the girl, his eyes were fixed, but he quickly lowered his eyes to hide the fluctuating emotions in his heart.
"Absolutely!" Ryan also replied politely, no one could see the change in his mood, I have to say that the role-playing in the past ten years has made the boy's face unconsciously wear a veil.
“xiexie!” The girl sat down beside him.
Ryan quietly glanced at her from the corner of his eye, dark brown slightly curly mid-length hair, goose-egg shaped angular face is not very cute, and a little baby fat, a pair of brown eyes flashed with wisdom, and the small moles on her cheeks not only did not affect her appearance, but also added to her temperament.
Although she looks a lot younger than she remembers, she is his favorite female star after all, he has seen all the photos she has published, and in just an instant, he is sure that she should be her.
"Hello, I'm Ryan? Jenkins! Ryan introduced himself very calmly.
"Hello!" The girl nodded and said lightly, "Natalie? Heschler. ”
Ryan didn't say anything more, he didn't do anything more, he could see that the girl was faintly wary, if the information he had read was not too outrageous, this girl's precociousness and wisdom far exceeded her age and appearance.
After eating the cake quietly, Ryan said lightly to the girl next to him before leaving, "Miss Natalie, it's nice to meet you, then...... Zaijian up! ”
"Strange boy!" Looking at the boy and girl walking out of the store, Natalie shook her head and continued to taste her food.
About half an hour later, Natalie walked out of the dessert shop, rode her small bicycle, and headed home, not long after the family moved to Long Island, as a Jewish girl born in Jerusalem, her conservative doctor father recently asked her to adopt a strict vegetarian habit, which she said was neither good nor bad, since it was the family's request, she had to follow it as usual.
Winnett Park wasn't too far from her home, but just as she turned onto the street in front of her house, an accident happened.
Maybe only God knows what happened, but when she turned the corner, a child she knew called out to her from behind, and Natalie turned her head around, and then, the bicycle crashed into a boy on the side of the road, and the unlucky boy was knocked to the ground by her.
"Hell!" Ryan cursed in a low voice, this is really a flying disaster, he just stood here with his head bowed and waited for Nicole who went to the convenience store, a daredevil actually hit him on a bicycle, you know, there is no problem with four cars in parallel on this road.
"I'm sorry, you're not hurt, are you?"
Listening to the voice it seemed to be a girl, Ryan said angrily, "It's not dead, it's just a broken leg." ”
"Ah~"
Huh~ Why does the voice sound familiar? Ryan looked up, his eyes wide in surprise.
"Is that you?"
As if they had a heart, the two spoke in unison.
"Your leg is broken?" Natalie asked timidly.
Ryan sighed, it looked like he was going to be in vain, and rolled his eyes, "Just kidding." ”
Natalie pursed her lips without a trace, but after all, she did something wrong, so she had to go again, "You're Ryan?" Jenkins: Right? I'm so sorry I was careless. ”
"Ryan, what's wrong?" Out of the convenience store, Ni saw the boy sitting on the ground with a crooked bicycle next to him, and quickly ran over.
"Nat, what's going on?"
A Ford also stopped on the side of the road at this time, and a middle-aged couple got out of the car and walked over.
Things are absurd as if they were filming a movie, the support groups of both sides are all in an instant, and Natalie does not shirk and quickly explains what happened.
Ryan wasn't hurt, and with his body crawling around in the orphanage, where could he be so delicate, but Natalie's parents still invited him and Nicole to go to their home not far in front of them to have a closer examination, because Natalie's father was a doctor.
"Mr. Evner, it's just a little bruising." Sitting on the couch in the living room, Ryan looked at his somewhat red and swollen knees, and didn't care.
"I'm sorry, Ryan, I was so presumptuous." Under her father's stern eyes, Natalie had no choice but to daoqian again.
"It doesn't matter. Nat, can I call you that? xiexie。 Ryan said with a smile, "Mr. Avner, don't blame Nat, I'm also responsible for this." ”
Nicole sat next to the boy, gently rubbed his knees for him, and saw that there was really no problem, so she helped him put down the trouser leg that he had pulled up, after all, it was just an accident, Ryan was not injured, the perpetrator was still a younger girl, and she couldn't say anything more.
"Jerusalem, so you were born in Israel?"
By the time Nicole had spoken to Mr. and Mrs. Hirschler, Ryan had already taken out Natalie's old bottom, yes, she was indeed smart and precocious, but she was still too tender for boys.
"yes, we haven't been in New York for a long time." Natalie also carefully examined the boy's face as she spoke, "Ryan, are you also Jewish?" I see you have some Jewish features in your appearance. ”
Sure enough, she is a careful and intelligent girl! Ryan sighed inwardly.
To be honest, he didn't know what kind of ancestry it was, but according to Dean Katie's speculation from his appearance, there should be some Nordic ancestry, and the appearance between the eyebrows and eyes had a little Jewish characteristics.
Anyway, when it came to Zuihou, Ryan made a summary himself, that is, a half-race can't be a half-breed little ghost.