As the saying goes, you can't be unlucky all the time.

In the early hours of the morning, Jack and the others were rescued by the Carpathia who rushed to the scene as the first rescued.

However, because Jack and Ruth reported their identity as third-class passengers on the Titanic when they checked in, the two of them were placed on deck without accident.

"If Carl is rescued, there's a good chance he'll come over to make sure we're not dead, so we'll have to figure out how to make sure he doesn't find out we're alive."

In the corner, Jack, who remembers that Carl Hockley came to find Ruth in the plot, did not dare to take chances and tell Ruth his guess.

The best way to avoid being found out by Carl is to hide where Carl won't go.

Jack thought about it, there is one place on the Carpathia that is undoubtedly very safe, and that is the boiler room!

"You'll be waiting for me right here, and I'll be right back." After Ruth explained, Jack walked towards the boiler room.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

As a cruise ship powered by coal, the smell of the boiler warehouse can be imagined, and as soon as Jack walked in, he couldn't help but cover his nose and cough loudly.

"Sir, what are you doing here?"

A brown-haired man directing the workers in the boiler warehouse came up to Jack, and the unwelcome look on his face was palpable at a glance.

Jack was prepared for the attitude of the person in front of him, only to see him take out two dollars from his pants and shake them in front of the brown-haired man, and said with a calm expression: "Can we talk?" ”

"Yes." The brown-haired man swallowed his saliva with difficulty, you know, the two dollars that Jack took out were not a small amount, almost enough to cover his day's salary, in the spirit of not making money for nothing, the brown-haired man immediately led Jack to the corner.

"Sir, you can call me Hoffman, what do you want me to do?"

For the sake of money, the brown-haired man's attitude towards Jack made a 180-degree turn, and asked Jack with a smile on his face.

Jack was not surprised by Hoffman's change of attitude, knowing that Carl Hockley would be rescued at some point, so in order to avoid a long night's dreams, Jack said to the man: "How about we make a deal?" ”

"What deal?"

"I found a girlfriend in London, but his dad didn't approve of our marriage, so we took the Titanic and prepared to hide in the United States for two years, but we found out that a friend of her dad was also on the Titanic. If her dad's friend finds out about us, the two of us will be finished, so can we both find a place to hide down here for a few days? ”

With that, Jack handed the two dollars in his hand to Hoffman.

Listening to what Jack said, Hoffman looked at Jack's face again and again with the eyes of a man's public enemy, and after a long time, he shook his head, "Sir, two dollars is not enough......"

"Add three more dollars." Seeing this, Jack didn't say anything, took out three dollars from his pocket, scraped together five dollars and handed them to Hoffman, "If you agree, please accept it, if you don't agree, I'll go to someone else, you know that the Carpathia is not the only boiler room......"

As a person who has been at the bottom of the society for many years, reading words and emotions is Hoffman's basic skill, so after listening to what Jack said, Hoffman immediately took the five dollars in Jack's hand, and then beckoned: "Sir, please come with me." ”

Seeing this, Jack kept up with Hoffman.

Soon, Hoffman led Jack to a small room with a lot of tools, and said, "The room where we store spare tools for this is usually not coming, you and your girlfriend can stay here." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Hoffman."

"No thanks, after receiving your money, I will do what I promised you."

Hoffman seemed to have a contract spirit, shook his head with a smile, and turned to leave.

After seeing Hoffman leave, Jack came to the deck again, and when he saw that Ruth was still in place, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to Ruth, and said to her: "Carl will be rescued at any time, in order to prevent him from discovering us, I found a place where he can't find us, but that place is a little wronged by you......"

"I've already agreed to be with you, what's wrong with being a little wronged." Hearing this, Ruth reached out and motioned for Jack to pull her up, "I'll go with you." ”

……

In the blink of an eye, the time came to April 18, and on this day, the Carpathia arrived in New York without incident.

Seriously, Jack and Ruth were also quite lucky, since they got on the Carpathia, they have been hiding in the tool room for most of the past few days, so they have not been noticed by Carl.

As for Ruth's mother, Mrs. Booker, Carl and Ruth had seen her once or twice from a distance, but each time they were with Carl, so Ruth voluntarily gave up the idea of meeting her mother.

"Disembarked."

When Jack and Ruth, who had done their disguise, stepped off the Carpathia and stepped onto Pier 54, countless people stood in the rain to greet them as heroes.

"White Star is really efficient!"

Jack pursed his lips and touched his swollen trouser pocket, feeling reassured after the White Star Company gave him and Ruth $600 in hush money in the trouser pocket.

"Where are we going?" Beside her, Ruth tightened her grip on Jack's hand.

"It's raining too much, let's find a hotel to stay in first, and then we'll go to the patent office tomorrow, and I have a patent to apply for."

Faced with Ruth's anxiety about the upcoming life in a foreign country, Jack didn't say anything, covering Ruth with an umbrella with one hand, and squeezing Ruth's hand with the other.

Since he was rescued on the Carpathia, the death crisis is far away, and Jack has also used all kinds of strange methods that he knew from reading novels in his previous life, and it has almost been confirmed that he should not be able to return to the era before the time travel.

Since he can't go back, he has to plan for his and Ruth's future.

To be honest, in the United States in this era, if you have such a skill and enter the factory to work, as long as you are not so unlucky to get home, it will not be a problem to support one person at all.

If he was just one person, he might really choose to enter the factory and plan for the future after his life settled down, but he was no longer alone now, and Ruth's existence made him have to think about the future of the two of them.

As for expecting Ruth to work in the factory with him to support himself, Jack had never considered this possibility.

You know, Ruth was born in an English aristocratic family, even if it was because of his father, the Bookett family had declined, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and Ruth had never suffered since she was a child.

Because there is a good saying, love without material things cannot be unlasting.

If Jack doesn't want to make progress, it may be fine for a short time, but if it takes a long time, can Ruth continue to live a poor life with him for love?

In this regard, Jack has never been afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice.

Moreover, as a traverser, he didn't want to waste this opportunity to cross.

"After crossing over, what is the point of me traveling to this plane?"

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