Chapter 19: Manhattan Dr. 2.0: The Laughing Craftsman
"Your arrival has dispelled the gloom that permeated this family, and the cry of the baby has replaced the quarrels and sorrows of the past nights."
"At that time, you were young, your eyes were closed, your toothless mouth was pouting hard, your strong fist was clenching your father's fingers, and your feet were kicking around in swaddling clothes."
"Your parents clasped their fingers together and saw each other again in you"
"When you start laughing, the sun shines into the courtyard as if the night has never come"
"What you didn't know then was that beyond this house, there were thousands of babies like you, bringing vitality and hope to the country"
"At this time, people began to call you a 'post-war baby boomer' and had high hopes for you"
"Later, the same group of people, they call you the 'Beat Generation', think you are a disgrace to imperialism"
"When you are one year old, you can't walk, but you can barely run"
"Your father is behind you, not an inch away. Your mother is sitting in the shade, with a melancholy face, knitting you a scarf with a Mickey Mouse pattern, and the bruises on her face are not fashionable enough to arouse your curiosity."
"When you were two years old, you learned a new word from your dad"
"Wine, Daddy, Wine, the first time you said this word, in exchange for the only time in your life, you were beaten"
"You are crying, your mother came to hug you, and wept with you, and she whispered to you that wine is a creature of the devil, so don't mention it again in the future"
"At the age of three, you sometimes see your father suddenly change as a person, and at this time you begin to wonder why your usually warm and kind father has become so violent and gloomy"
"Since then, your father has been divided into two halves in your heart, and during the day, he is a good father and husband praised by the neighbors, and he works hard to take care of the family"
"At night, he held the bottle and turned into a demon"
"You ask your mother why your dad is like this, and your mother always holds you and says it's not his fault, he has post-war trauma syndrome"
"She told you that your father and his group of people who have been on the battlefield have all seen the devil wreaking havoc with their own eyes, and after they came back, they were naturally contaminated with the breath of the devil."
"The war, she said, is to blame for the dog-day war"
"Isn't it wine? You said it in your heart, but you didn't ask it."
"When you were five years old, your father taught you a new word: the American dream"
"At the time you didn't understand the meaning and magic of the word, but as you grew up, you started to hear it more and more often, and under the influence of your father, you soon began to understand and accept it"
"At the age of six, you carry a Star-Spangled Banner schoolbag and are ready for school for the first time"
"Your parents dressed up and drove you to school in your father's favorite Ford sedan to the sound of congratulations from friends and friends"
"When we parted, your father, who always cared about the image of people, cried in public for the first time, you felt a little embarrassed, looked at your mother, you thought she should laugh, but she didn't laugh either, you suddenly realized that you hadn't seen her laugh for a long time"
"By the time you go to elementary school, the Bretton Woods system has long been established, and the U.S. economy is thriving under the dominance of the dollar-gold monetary system"
"Your father, who successfully speculated, got into real estate development and became a well-known local businessman"
"During that time, it was a rare bright day for your family, and even your mother, who had no sorrow or joy, was rejuvenated again"
"At the age of twelve, you're just starting junior high school and you're going to Hawaii for a vacation with your family. But before we started, it was over."
"The cyclical fluctuations of the market economy can easily loot away the wealth that your family has accumulated over the years, and take away with you, as well as your father's sense of value that he finally recovered."
"Your family moves into an old and surprisingly new house"
"One day, your mother was cleaning the house and saw again a bottle of wine that hadn't been seen in a long time"
"She didn't say anything, she just went to the store alone to buy a pistol, and she deliberately Walter, not because it was small and good-looking, but because it was a German gun"
"Soon after, when your father's old illness relapsed and he was punching and kicking again, your mother took out Walter and shot him three times."
"Bang Bang Bang"
"The familiar gunfire of the German devil scared him out"
"From now on, your wine ** relatives will never dare to do anything to your mother again"
"You're starting to be cautious, lest your father turn to violence against you, you don't have a handful of Walter."
"But your father never did anything to you, he was always drunk and instilled in your ears the concept of the American Dream"
"At the age of eighteen, facing graduation, although your grades are good enough to go to college, you are forced to terminate your studies because of tuition fees"
"You're starting to worry about the future"
"One day, your father approached you with a recruitment advertisement and asked you to return to the battlefield with him"
"Despite your mother's steadfast opposition, you agreed: Yes!"
"On the eve of the war in Vietnam, you drank for the first time, got drunk with your father, and found the meaning of his existence again."
"It's cloudy, it's raining, and your father thinks he's doing it again"
"While you were drunk, he went to your mother's room, first with a rough hand, then with a refusal, and then with a big fight."
"Bang!"
"In a drunken dream, you hear a gunshot"
"You get up in a daze and see your mother standing in front of you"
"Wobbly walk over and you squirt a mouthful of wine into her face"
"Mom-"
"As soon as you opened your mouth, you heard a gunshot again"
"Bang!"
[Jonathan Osterman, died at the age of eighteen, the news that his mother shot and killed a drunkard made national headlines, and the sensational effect caused by this case was once regarded as a classic case of the shattering of the American dream]
[End of this Sims]
[Mock Rating: E]
ใReward: Skill Point*3ใ
[Current Simulation Points: 5.1]
[Current Skill Points: 3.1]
Matthew woke up slowly.
When you open your eyes, the world is spinning at high speed.
You're in a trance.
"You woke up so soon, huh? Sit tight, there are two more bends."
Michaela's voice is choppy, finally pulling you back to reality.
You open your eyes wide, and that's when you realize you're drifting.
The female driver's skills are indeed very good, she flies the steering wheel, her movements are chic and skillful, the modified sports car is obedient under her control, and all kinds of riotous drift hands are caught.
In the middle of the spinning, you don't have time to pay attention to the system panel, so you lean against the back of the chair and stagger.
So, after two more sharp turns, the car finally calms down and enters an alley that you don't even know about.
"Hey, I'd love to have you leaning on you, but we haven't completely gotten rid of the stalker yet, you're going to distract me."
Michaela's nice voice was close at hand.
Matthew quickly got up and sat up straight, a little embarrassed.
Just as she didn't know what to say, Michaela spoke again.
"And your hands!"
Hand?
Hearing this, Matthew subconsciously moved his hand, feeling very elastic and soft, and at first glance, it turned out to be pinched on her thigh.
The embarrassment came again.
Matthew withdrew his hand, and after a long time, he pretended to be calm and said, "The driving skills are good, very flexible, no, I mean very chic." โ
Michaela gave him a blank look, and suddenly spun the steering wheel while he was unprepared......
This time, Michaela used all her strength to try to turn Matthew upside down in order to avenge the tofu he had just eaten.
However, Matthew always sat upright.
You can even find time for simulation.
[System, start the simulation again]
[Select the time node, 18 years old]