A retired reincarnation of a certain American film

September 1st.

School season.

Columbia University, located in the highlands on the edge of Upper Manhattan in New York City, also welcomed this year's new students today.

Of course.

In addition to the new students, there were also parents who were worried about their children and made a special trip to accompany them.

Independence, autonomy?

Stop talking.

The cost of federal education is very high. It is precisely because of this that college students who do not receive scholarships must pay for their own education loans. As a result, this matter has become a representative of independence.

If their family has money, do they need a loan?

unnecessary.

Just like Lorna.

Although Lorna does not have a scholarship, she does not need to apply for her own student loans like other students.

The question is that Lorna was originally a little rich woman.

It's just that the money at that time was requisitioned by Lu Ke, who was still in the development stage.

at the moment.

The property returns to its original owner.

Lorna couldn't help but blinked when she looked at Luke, who had accompanied her here early in the morning to go through the enrollment procedures, and then took out a bank card and a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them to her.

"What's this."

"Bank card, keys."

Luke put his hands in his pockets and spoke concisely.

Lorna opened her mouth.

"I'm not an idiot."

"Then you still ask."

"no."

Lorna shook her head, glanced at Rachel who was chatting with a fashionable girl not far away, and then looked at the bank card in her hand: "I mean, why give me this."

Luke shrugged: "This was originally yours."

He just lacked start-up capital, so he temporarily borrowed Lorna's New Year's money.

Now that his growth is over, he has no interest in continuing to hold the little girl's money.

What else did Lorna want to say.

Luke interrupted directly and told Lorna that the password of the bank card was her birthday. Then he pointed to the bunch of keys in his hand and said: "This key is the key to the apartment we lived in yesterday. It can be considered as a gift to you." one's gift."

Lorna froze on the spot, staring at Luke with her big eyes.

"elder brother."

"Um?"

"You don't want me anymore?"

"how come."

Luke smiled when he heard the sound, and then looked at Lorna, whose eyes were almost filled with tears. He realized that there was something wrong with the tone of his words, and said with a smile: "What are you thinking about? I give you this because you are older and need your own space. And I can only go there at the end of the year. On weekends and days off, if you don’t want to stay in the dormitory, you can go to this apartment.”

Lorna stopped the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes and hesitated.

"Really?"

"Rachel."

Luke shook his head, looked at Rachel who had returned, and pointed at Lorna: "This girl just thought we didn't want her anymore."

Lorna quickly looked at Rachel, as if trying to verify something.

Luke spends very little time at home, not as much as Rachel, and Rachel is also responsible for tutoring. Therefore, in terms of blood, the half-siblings are closer to Luke, but in terms of relationship, Lorna is still closer to Rachel. Get closer.

Rachel met Lorna's gaze asking for confirmation, scratched Luke's side, then hugged Lorna and said: "Your brother never knows how to speak, and it's not like you don't know. Don't worry, I don't want your brother, no matter what." I won’t want you.”

After some comfort, Lorna finally believed it.

soon.

It's time to part ways.

Luke, Rachel and Lorna walked towards the school gate.

Rachel also told Lorna that she had entered Lorna's fingerprints and information into the access control of the Star Building apartment on Fifth Avenue where they would move in at the end of the year. She told Lorna that if she felt bored on the weekend, she could help go there. Take a look at the modification progress and so on.

Lorna readily agreed.

Although Luke's transfer order has not been officially announced, if Director John of Quantico intends to make a joke about this kind of thing, Luke would not mind making a fatal joke with Director John.

so.

A house in New York must be prepared first.

Yesterday, Luke took out several more suitable houses in his inheritance for Rachel to choose from.

A duplex apartment of 400 square meters.

There’s also an estate in Jersey City across the Hudson River.

The manor is used for important events, such as dinner parties, while the penthouse on Fifth Avenue is used for daily living.

After all, New York State's federal building is Manhattan, and CBS News is also headquartered in Manhattan.

Therefore, it is very convenient to live on Fifth Avenue, go to work and so on.

But after coming here yesterday, Rachel was not very satisfied with the decoration of the apartment. Thinking that there was still some time before moving in, she planned to redecorate it.

Luke didn't care about this and let Rachel do what she wanted.

Campus entrance.

Lorna sent Luke and Rachel to the door: "Rachel, are you and Luke going back to Los Santos today?"

Rachel smiled and said, "I'm going back to Los Santos, so I don't know about your brother."

While talking.

Rachel looked at Luke with a smile: "So, Mr. Dane, are you going back to Los Santos with me?"

Luke smiled and was about to speak.

A black Chevrolet SUV parked aside.

The next second.

The window is down.

Maria Hill appeared in the car, looked at Luke with some surprise, was surprised, then opened the door and walked out.

"Director Dann, what a coincidence?"

"It's a coincidence."

Luke was also a little surprised and shook hands with Hill: "Commander Hill, shouldn't he be in Washington?"

Hill, who had greeted Rachel and Lorna, answered Luke's question: "I came to Manhattan for a meeting. It just ended. Director Dane is..."

Luke pointed to Lorna beside him: "Send it to my sister."

Hill was stunned.

"Then Director Dane is going to the airport now?"

"So be it."

"That's great."

Hill smiled and said: "Just in time, I'm going to the airport too, shall we?"

Luke looked at Rachel on the side.

Rachel smiled and said, "Would this be too much trouble for Commander Hill?"

Hill waved his hand and said with a smile.

After some pleasantries, and unable to resist the warm hospitality, Luke took Rachel and got into the black SUV in front of him and headed to JFK Airport.

Lorna, who stayed where she was, looked at the black SUV going away. After retracting her gaze, she rolled her eyes, took out the phone from her pocket, and dialed: "Clarice, I'm here, where are you."

As a good friend, Clarice Chen, who is also a mutant, also joined Columbia University. However, unlike Lorna, who needed a letter of recommendation, Clarice Chen actually got a B-level scholarship to enter. .

JFK International Airport.

The Gulfstream private jet borrowed from Alexander Pierce has not yet been returned and is still being requisitioned by Luke.

After all, using a plane to repay the life-saving grace is already a very cost-effective thing.

In the hangar.

The black SUV stopped steadily.

After Luke saw Rachel off the car, he hugged Rachel and then watched Rachel get on the private plane.

He didn't move.

Because on the way here, while Rachel was chatting, she suddenly discovered that Hill was not going back to Washington when he went to the airport, but to Texas.

The destination, to my surprise, matched up well with Luke.

No.

After Hill heard that Luke also planned to go to Texas, he once again extended the invitation.

Going with Hill's private jet would be as troublesome as Luke having to send Rachel back to Los Santos first and then take off to Texas.

The Gulfstream aircraft rolls out of the hangar and prepares for takeoff.

A ding-dong sound.

Luke took out his phone and looked at the text message Rachel sent.

The text message is just two words.

"coincide?"

"Maybe."

After Luke replied to the message, he looked at Hill, who was already inviting guests on the SHIELD private jet not far away, smiled, took back his phone, and walked over.

after awhile.

The Aegis private jet also jumped into the queue of a flight that was already ready to take off and flew to Seoul during the peak period at JFK International Airport. After taxiing quickly, it soared into the sky.

In the cabin.

Luke and Hill sat facing each other.

"Director Dane, the bourbon you want."

"Thanks."

Luke took the bourbon handed by a female SHIELD agent, glanced at the female agent who turned and walked towards the rest cabin, and then looked at Hill opposite: "New assistant?"

Hill introduced Rita: "I had let her go before, but she didn't like to be on her own, so I simply asked her to come back and continue to be my assistant."

Luke nodded and took a sip of the wine in his glass: "By the way, does Commander Hill have any official business going to Dallas this time?"

Hill shook his head, feeling a little embarrassed: "Sorry, it's not easy to disclose SHIELD secrets. Director Dann won't mind."

Luke smiled: "Of course not."

Hill breathed a sigh of relief, and then said curiously: "Director Dann's trip to Texas this time is probably not for official business."

SHIELD's jurisdiction extends from thousands of miles in the sky to twenty thousand miles under the sea, covering nine continents in between.

The FBI is different. It's a carrot and a trap.

Luke's expression was also a bit awkward: "It's indeed not a business matter, but, sorry, it's personal privacy. I don't want to say it. Commander Hill probably won't mind."

Hill also smiled and said: "Of course not."

Luke didn't speak. He raised his own glass and clinked it with Hill.

at this time.

Rita, the female SHIELD agent who had just passed the rest cabin, came over with a piece of information in her hand and handed it to Hill: "Commander, Sanfei has just sent the information on the Sawyer family."

Luke, who was drinking, paused slightly with his right hand.

Hill took the information handed over by Rita and when he was about to flip through it, he noticed Luke's right hand that had paused just now.

"Director Dane, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

Luke recovered in a second, shook his head, and sipped the wine in the glass again.

When Hill saw this, he didn't ask any more questions. He sat opposite Luke and flipped through the information in his hand.

Enter the eyes.

It's a photo.

And the person in the photo was very familiar to Luke.

It was the one he was going to find during his last trip to the Beehive, and it was his new Texas girlfriend Heather Miller who he was going to find this time!

...(End of chapter)