Dinner was hearty, and Marlena's handmade tender steak wrap was delicious.

Russell sipped two glasses of brandy and smiled at his grandchildren, who were only table-high.

Before dinner, Vidor received two phone calls that he needed to fly to New York, USA, in the evening, where things had changed.

It's not in the company, it's on the street.

Before leaving, I talked with my father in the study for a while.

"Dad, Vincent is not as simple-minded and impulsive as his father. This time he and Mike were attacked in New Jersey, and it was clear that they were targeted. ”

Russell asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Our family lacked a knife in the United States, and Vincent was the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone, his mother was Lucy, his adoptive father was a doctor, and he lived in Palermo as a child, and he and I were alumni, but he was two years younger than me at the time," said Victor. ”

"You trust him?"

Victor shook his head: "It's not about trust, I just think that the family needs to have a knife in the United States to be able to surprise at a critical moment." ”

"Do you think he's going to be a liability?"

"Quite possibly, but I won't work too deeply with him, before he calls me Godfather."

Russell laughed and said, "If Mike's children don't want to be involved in their family's business, then Mike can only choose Vincent, right?" ”

"Yes."

Russell nodded: "You decide for yourself." ”

"Okay, then I'm going to New York tonight."

"Remember to ask Kachi to come back with his girlfriend."

Victor laughed and said, "Okay, I'll try to rush him." ”

The next day, at noon.

Victor arrived in New York and met Vincent at a hotel, who was not at the moment by the same surname as Corleone, but who currently shared the same surname as her mother.

The two talked a lot, including some planning steps, how to arrange people, how to do things.

Vincent's personality is very similar to that of his father Sonny, the only difference is that he is more willing to use his brain, even if he can't think of good moves, he will refer to the advice of others, and he can stretch and bend, kill decisively, and be alert and ruthless.

His weakness is also obvious, that is, he likes to have fun with beautiful girls, and he is currently dating female journalists, and he is also hooking up with Mike's daughter Marie.

Mike is clear about this matter, although he does not want Marie to have a relationship with Vincent, but he can't stand his daughter's love brain and willful rebellion.

Why is it that he is even more of a failure as a father? Mike finally knew how painful and helpless Vito was when he rebelled.

After the two discussed, they finally set a goal.

That is to kill Qiao Yin first, this person is the current spokesperson of the Corleone family in New York and one of the main perpetrators of the Atlantic City massacre.

At that time, on the roof of the hotel, Mike refused Qiao Yin to join the 'European Standing Group', in other words, he wanted to abandon him and unwilling to take him to make money.

And Qiao Yin's idea is also very simple, if you don't take me to make money, then I will kill you and your partner.

That's why the massacre happened, and there is someone behind Qiao Yin, and that is Antubelo.

Antubello was an old man from Vito's helm, who used to work under Clemenza, and later the brothers Tessio and Rosado were cleaned up by Russell, and Pantanguli was also lobbied by Mike to Tom, and finally died in the bathtub of the prison.

There was no spokesperson in New York, which allowed Antumbello to take the position, and when he got older, he recommended Qiao Yin.

"Connie is very supportive of me getting rid of Qiao Yin, and she also thinks that keeping Qiao Yin is a scourge, because Qiao Yin has already threatened Mike's life."

Victor frowned, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to kill Join at Easter, when he's going to go to the streets, and I can disguise myself as a mounted policeman," Vincent said. ”

"Done?"

Vincent spread his hands and said, "I'm doing everything, what can I get?" ”

Victor shook his head: "It's true that you're doing something, but you have to know that I never wanted anything from you, do you think Sicily needs your help?" Or are you taking yourself too seriously? ”

Vincent glanced at Victor and nodded slowly: "Okay, I need Sicilian shelter." ”

"You're in a relationship with Mike's daughter, Marie, right? Then after you get rid of Joyin, you can use Mike's reason to disagree with your relationship with Marie to get close to Antubello. ”

Vincent's eyes widened.

"Of course, Antubello won't trust you easily, so not only do you have to speak ill of Mike, but you also have to use a self-humiliating way to make him believe you."

Vincent squinted and said, "I recognize him as my godfather, and beg him to give me a chance, and I will succeed Qiao Yin." ”

"That's right."

Victor waved his men to see them off, and as Vincent got up to leave, he looked at his back and fell into deep thought.

He felt that Vincent had a ruthless energy in his body, but this strength was easy to break, like a rubber band, and when it was broken in the middle, it would not only hurt the enemy, but also the person holding the rubber band.

This reminded Victor of his father's education that once the rubber band showed signs of breaking, he had to swing his knife and cut it in time so that he could hurt the enemy, and he only consumed a rubber band.

Easter

New York, Brooklyn neighborhood.

Noisy and bustling, many people parade through the streets in fancy costumes and give each other Easter eggs, which symbolize life and prosperity.

Qiao Yin wanted to ask for a lottery, so he exchanged gifts with the residents on the street.

A group of knights on horseback walked over, and Qiao Yin looked at it and saw a familiar face on horseback, this person smiling at him.

"Qiao Yin."

Qiao Yin was stunned for a moment, and then turned around and ran towards the house.

But he couldn't shoot as fast as a bullet, Vincent took out a gun from his arms and fired three shots at Qiao Yin's back, just ran to the door, Qiao Yin, who was on the doorknob with his palm, stared at Qiao Yin and turned his head, and his body drooped slowly uncontrollably.

"Don't Kill ......"

Qiao Yin smiled and fired three more shots at Qiao Yin in the chest.

He had to guarantee Jo Yin's death, otherwise once he was allowed to live, then Vincent would be finished.

Seeing that Qiao Yin was out of breath, Vincent left calmly.

And the people on the streets have already run away screaming and frightened, no one is waiting to see who the murderer is, let alone who will be killed, they only care about their own lives, because this is America!

Qiao Yin's death puts Vincent on the cusp, and he must choose to obey.

So after a few days, Vincent saw that the situation was slightly better, so he went to see Antubello.

Following Victor's words, and stooping down to grab Antobello's hand and offer a kiss, Antubello truly believed that Vincent was genuinely surrendering.

Because Antumbello knows Mike very well, he can't be surprised by Marie and Anthony when Mike is seriously ill.

Vincent then found a lot of evidence from within, that Antiupelo colluded with Jews and trafficked hemp.

At this time, Mike's health gradually improved, but Vincent did not go to see him immediately, but directly killed Antubello.

June 8th.

When Mike hears of Antobello's death, he angrily rebukes Vincent for why.

Vincent put the evidence in front of him and told him how Antiubelo and Join teamed up to plan the Atlantic City massacre, and how they colluded with Jews to sell hemp and tarnish the reputation of the Corleone family.

Mike froze.

"Can you tell me who arranged it? I don't believe you can do it so ingeniously. ”

Vincent spread his hands and said, "Uncle Mac, I know you won't believe it, but why don't you believe it when things are in front of you?" It is true that there are people who help me with advice, but I am in charge of the matter and have nothing to do with anyone else. ”

"You're dragging the family into the abyss! Vincent, you know? I have only one goal in this life, and that is to pull the family out of the abyss, and you ...... But it pushed the family into the abyss again......"

Vincent disagreed, and said, "Uncle Mack, we live in the abyss, then we are the demons in the abyss!" Why should you run away from your dishonorable identity? Isn't what you're working for exactly what black people yearn for? They also hate their skin, and they want to be white too! But they resigned themselves to their fate, because they were born to change, so change the rules of the day after tomorrow! ”

"Look at those black people, how comfortable they are."

Mike was stunned, he didn't expect Vincent to say these words.

"But they've faced discrimination all their lives."

Vincent laughed: "Discrimination? Sometimes there is nothing wrong with being discriminated against, on the contrary, only after the weak are discriminated against, can they be upheld by the public, look at those laws, look at those glamorous people, they are the umbrella of the weak! ”

The quarrel between the uncle and nephew attracted the watch-and-see of people within the family.

Connie stood at the door of the bedroom, and Ranpo and the others stood at the door of the hall.

Michael looked at Vincent as if he had seen Sonny's advanced version, and the rest of the family.

At present, there is no one in the family who can inherit it, let alone take the helm......

Vincent's words reminded Mike of Russell's fables and warnings.

Russell once said: When you carry out your obsession to the end, it is when it is reborn.

Mike's obsession is to bring the family to the light, and he wants the family to stand in the sun.

At first, he didn't understand and asked what it meant.

Russell replied: Everything will go back to square one.

Now Mike understood what he meant.

A wry smile spread across Vincent's face as he looked at Vincent's tough expression.

"Vincent, you are Sonny's son, and your surname is Corleone. In the future, you will manage the affairs of the family, I am old, and I am going to live a peaceful life. ”

Vincent smiled and stepped forward to hug Mike.

Mike walked slowly to the bedroom with Connie's support, and the family members in the hall walked in, Vincent sat on the couch with his legs crossed, and Ranpo was the first to bend down and grab his hand and kiss him.

"The Godfather."

At this point, Mike turned his head.

Vincent tilted his head to stare at him.

He became the new head of House Corleone, and his alliance with Victor prevented Mike from losing a daughter.

Sicily, small town estate.

Russell and Malena are trimming the weeds in the garden garden.

Children play bunker building games in the sand.

Sitting at the flowerbed, Victor told Russell about what was happening in New York and what he thought of Vincent.

"Dad, people like Vincent are very aggressive."

Russell didn't look back, but said flatly: "Enterprising people are stubborn. ”

Like Mike, what is Vincent's obsession?

At this moment, a servant rushed out of the house.

"Sir, there's a call from New York."

Russell got up and clapped his hands, pointed at Victor and said, "Help your mother clean up the weeds, I don't know how distressed people at all." ”

Victor smiled bitterly, just now he offered to help, but his father refused, and now he wants him to help, it's really ......

Russell entered the living room, wiped the dirt from his hands briefly, and picked up the phone.

"Who is it?"

"Mike, Mike Corleone."

Russell said, "Well, I know you're going to call me in the next two days. ”

"Yes, as you wish, my family is back in darkness again, and the light I longed for will not appear."

Russell laughed and said, "But you can look up and see the stars at night." ”

“…… I am in poor health, I may not have a few years to live, and I want to go to Sicily to retire. ”

"Of course, you can live in the house where your father lived when he was a child, and that is also your family's original house."

He had told Mike about it.

August 16, 1979.

Mike Corleone moved to the small town of Corleone, Sicily, not far from his father-in-law's house, but his father-in-law had long since died, as did his two older brothers in Apollonia.

After he settled down, he often came by car to chat with Russell, because he had no relatives here.

The children are in America and cannot be disciplined...... They all think that their father killed their mother, and they hate it very much.

For the rest of the Christmas, Mike stopped coming to Russell.

Because every Christmas, Russell's house is very lively, and seeing him so happy, Mike feels a little uncomfortable, so he chooses to be lonely.

Maybe loneliness can represent the obsession he has been holding on to all his life.

In September 1980, Kachi finally got married, and his elf was Rand's youngest daughter.

Rand was very excited at the wedding, he didn't expect to be a family member with his godfather, and he didn't expect that Victor would put his son in charge of the Sicilian security company.

It's just that the Sicilian army is no longer in his hands, but his former subordinate 'Sandmer' is in command.

In 1985, Russell's old buddies left one after another.

Nevino was the first to leave, then Encos, then Rand, Chris and Harvey, Nelly......

Russell did not attend their funeral and asked Victor to do it.

He didn't want to look at the graves of the old fellows and show sadness.

In 1990, the third generation of the Sicilian Corleone family was married, and the fourth generation was born.

On Christmas Day 1996, nearly 70 people gathered at the estate, all of whom were Russell and Marlena's children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Russell and Marlena held hands and sat on chairs in the courtyard.

Behind him are Victoria, Caccirino, Lily Mansha, and their wives and husbands.

In the third row were their sons and daughters and their wives and husbands, 22 in all.

Standing flanked by Russell and Marlena is the fourth generation of the Corleone family, with a total of 46 people......

Ahead, the camera flashed, and the picture froze.

This group photo of the Corleone family represents the glory of Russell in this world and the birth of a century-old family!

The Corleone family will never end, but their lives will come to an end.

Russell took Marlena's hand and got up, and the two looked back at their child with tenderness and happiness in their eyes.

"Marlena."

She turned her head.

"I love you."

A smile spread across Marlena's face, and her grip on Russell's hand tightened.

"I love you."

Marlena replied.

Looking back on the lives of the two, they have never said such things, even if they have heard too many meaty words, they have never said anything to each other.

And now, they have to express their hearts.

Because they can feel that time is running out.

This year, Russell was 80 years old and Marlena was 82 years old.

Russell took her hand and sat on the swing, they held each other's hands and looked up at the children, eyes lingering on each face for a few seconds......

Marlena's head rested on his shoulder, and Russell's heart was complicated.

Finally, he felt that Marlena's hand was much lighter, and he no longer hesitated.

"Come back."

In an instant, the space distorted, spreading around Russell as the center......