"John, are you alright?" Cornelius Jr. chased out the door and asked with concern. At this moment, he regretted his decision to invite John to the office to meet him.

As the fifth-generation boss of the Vanderbilt family, Cornelius Jr. has been the focus of the family's bigwigs since he was a child. He knew more about the past of the previous generations of his family than John.

Cornelius Jr. knew very well how much of a psychological blow the events had brought to John, an uncle who was six years younger than him. As soon as his father died, his mother abandoned him, leaving only a 10-year-old child alone to compare the empty 250 rooms of Moore Manor, which is a bit cruel to think about, isn't it?

In Corneliers Jr.'s view, John resolutely moved out of the Bemore Manor, known as the first mansion of the American Golden Age, and ran to a servant's small farm to live in order to escape the unbearable childhood memories.

When Heidi Lamarr first made a name for herself in Hollywood, Cornelius Jr. noticed her. Not only the older members of the family knew about her resemblance to John's biological mother, but also the major family members who were active in the New York social circle back then.

It's just that when Hedy Lamarr became popular in the United States, John had already stepped on the heads of old Ford and food, drug, and cosmetics companies across the United States to establish his position in the circle. The people around him deliberately avoided mentioning Hedy Lamarr in front of John, so as not to cause him unhappiness.

The other day, Reilly found himself and said that when John arranged for him to work with Hedy Lamarr, Cornelius Jr. thought that John had met Hedy Lamarr and had come out of the psychological shadow of the year. That's why he asked John to his office when he knew Heidi was coming.

In fact, when John called him to meet him, Reilly was in his office. After hanging up the phone, they also had an interesting discussion about the way John and Hedy Lamarr get along, which was a bit like waiting to see a good show.

Who knows, they were all pitted by Dvořák's big mouth of the fake decree, and John had never seen Hedy Lamarr before or seen his movies.

Come to think of it, Heidi Lamarr didn't make two films in Europe before she was taken in by her first husband, arms tycoon Mandel. Mandel saw Hedy Lamarr as a vase and a tool to make friends with the Nazi hierarchy, and not only forbade her to make any more films, but also did not let her go out casually. Thousands of miles away in the United States, naturally not many people know about her.

By the time Heidi Lamarr fled to the United States and became a popular Hollywood movie star, FedEx and Hughes Aircraft had already begun to take off, and John still had time to pay attention to the entertainment industry. Over the years, the only time he went to the cinema was to accompany little Ella to watch the Disney animated film "Pinocchio".

Whether it's a coincidence or a mistake, in short, that's how it happened. This made Cornelius Jr., who was implicated in the "innocent", a little waxy. His father, Cornelius III, is ready to retire, and if Cornelius Jr. wants to successfully take over his father's class and enter the core decision-making level of the family, he still needs the support of John, a little uncle. If this kind of thing made John feel a grudge against him, it would be really unjust.

"I'm fine." John smiled reluctantly, his expression worse than crying. "You go back, you don't have to send me, I want to be alone for a while."

"Why don't I help you find a break room?" Where did Cornelius Jr. dare to let John go back like this. If something happened to John on the road, he would not be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Don't worry, it's been so many years, and I'm not that fragile." John waved his hand, rejecting Cornelius Jr.'s kindness. Just now, he was only so out of shape because the emotional memories remaining in his mind suddenly exploded. At this point, rational thinking has regained the upper hand.

"Cornelius, please do something, help me check ......" John suddenly paused, "Did you already know?" ”

"Yes." Cornelius Jr. carefully explained: "It was Harold who first discovered it, when Grandpa Frederick was alive......"

"In other words, you've already looked into it, haven't you? Say, what is the relationship between Hedy Lamarr and that woman? John interrupted. It didn't take much more explanation from Cornelius Jr., he was able to sort out the logical lines.

Harold: They must have been in 1938, and Heidi Lamarr had just become popular in Hollywood. After all, Heidi was born just over a year after the woman returned to Europe. The two of them look so alike, it's no wonder that Harold can't be suspicious. And at that time, although he had already taken over the family's overseas business, Uncle Frederick was still alive, and it was easy to investigate something behind his back.

"It doesn't really matter. The woman's ancestors were also wealthy merchants from Vienna, and it is said that she had been married to the Kessler family (a wealthy Jewish merchant family in Vienna, Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kessler, from whom her father, the banker Emil Kessler, was born), but that was at least three or four generations ago. We have no record of direct contact between the two of them. Cornelius Jr. honestly told John everything he knew.

"You mean, it's pure coincidence, isn't it?" John breathed a sigh of relief. If it just happens to look alike, then he can still accept it, and it's a big deal to see each other less in the future. If Hedy LaMarzhen had any direct relationship with that woman, he wasn't sure if he should continue working with her.

"Yes, it's pure coincidence. If there really was anything, Harold, they would have said hello to Meyer. ”

"Okay, I see. Go back. John patted Cornelius Jr. on the shoulder and turned to leave the ABC branch building.

Don't look at John pretending to be calm in front of Cornelius Jr., it seems that he quickly came out of the momentary emotional shock. But as soon as he got home, he locked himself in his study.

What happened today had a much greater psychological impact on John than outsiders could have imagined. Because this made him have to face up to a question that he had deliberately avoided for several years - where was the original John Vanderbilt.

Since that accident on Chinese New Year's Eve in 2016, he has suddenly come into this world as John Vanderbilt. Over the years, John has not figured out what the so-called "crossing" is all about.

Now, his body is that of American John Vanderbilt, and his subjective mind or soul is the Chinese Wang Sike (Eric Wang). So who is he? Previously, John could also numb himself with so-called "soul piercing", assuming he was playing a role-playing game. This body, and the memories that come with the body, the main is just the character setting of the game, and it is still the soul of the previous life that is in charge.

But what is the emotional outburst from John Vanderbilt himself today? Why is there a moment when your body is completely out of control? If the memory belonging to John himself is just a "character setting", and the soul of the previous life is still the one who dominates this body, then there is no reason for him to have such a big reaction.

Also, as a bachelor, why did he accept the existence of Adele and Little Ella so naturally as soon as he crossed over? It was as if they were their own wives and daughters. Where did these emotions that unconsciously affected him come from? Could it be that you have two personalities? Is the soul that belonged to John Vanderbilt still alive?

The more John thought about it, the more confused he became. In his previous life, as a science student, he was very interested in "Who am I?" Where am I from? Where am I going? "There is no research on philosophical questions like this. Not to mention, to let him, who is good at logical thinking, figure out such a completely illogical thing as to cross.

Now, what he was most worried about was whether the original soul of this body still existed. Will it form a so-called second personality in his mind like in those horror movies in his previous life? Will this second personality suddenly explode and replace the current self? John felt conflicted. I don't want to, I'm not sure. Thinking about it, the more I think about it, the more confused I become, and I feel that without that second personality, he can make himself schizophrenic.

What John wants to know most now is that the protagonists of those time-traveling texts he watched in his previous life have encountered this kind of problem?