America 1982

When Tommy rushed back from New York to the Eagle's Nest in Los Angeles after a long absence, the party had been going on for more than an hour, and Otilia had already rushed to Washington.

Outside the brightly lit Eagle's Nest, Sophia O'Connor was sitting alone on a bench outside the hall door looking at the night. When she saw Tommy getting off the car and walking over from afar, she stood up and looked at Tommy seriously, with a look in her eyes. Full of inquiry.

Tommy shook his head gently at her: "I rushed back from Long Island. I wanted to spend the last time of my life staying at home, basking in the sun, and spending time with my family. His family told me that if he chose to live at home, he would probably There are still five long... long months left."

Hearing Tommy's words, Sophia gently covered her mouth with her hand, then took off the glasses on the bridge of her nose and turned her head slightly.

Tommy stepped forward and put his arms around Sophia, comforting softly: "This is Ben's choice. We have squeezed this poor old guy for too long and he is tired, so he wants to enjoy a comfortable sleep as soon as possible."

"It's okay... I just... I just haven't adjusted from the emotion of Susie leaving. When I heard you say Benjamin, I couldn't help but think of Susie. If she hadn't insisted on skydiving all over the world a few years ago, if We...we invited her to a party like we are doing now, but she was unable to make the trip. She may still be a good neighbor of the Eagle's Nest with Jason now." Sophia wiped her eyes lightly and tried to control her emotions. .

Ms. Susie White and Jason have been neighbors with Tommy for the past ten years, but after they moved in, they needed Sophia and Tommy to help look after the house for most of every year while the couple traveled around the world.

After Susie retired, she spent her life conquering various games. From climbing the highest mountain in the world to chasing the largest tide in the world, from land to sea, the sixty-year-old Susie lived as dazzlingly as a queen. And wonderfully, God finally took her away in a skydiving accident three years ago.

Susie's departure was a huge blow to Sophia, Jason and others, because none of them could live as free and easy as Susie. She and Jason had never had children. After her death three years ago, Jason Although the property here was not sold, he chose to say goodbye to Tommy, Sophia, Susan, Holly, Mark and other old friends. He could no longer live here, which would make him unable to help but think of Susie, him and Su. He had a wonderful time with West every day, so he returned to his hometown, Greenville, a small city in Mississippi, living alone in a peaceful countryside.

The reason why Sophia lost control of her emotions was because Benjamin was already her second old friend who was about to bid farewell to this world. It seemed that unknowingly, they had reached the age where they were ready to say goodbye to their friends at any time.

Wiping her tears with Tommy's handkerchief, Sophia held Tommy's arm and walked inside: "Let's go, I'll take you to see Hilbert. He should be very happy tonight."

Although there were many guests at home, most of whom should be his son's classmates, teachers, etc., Tommy had no impression. He missed the first speech at the party, so everyone did not know that he was Hilbert's biological father. Of course, knowing and It doesn't matter whether she is or not, after all, Otilia's external image has always been that of a single mother, selflessly dedicating herself to American justice while raising three children independently.

Sophia did not introduce Tommy to anyone, and led him through the living room to an entertainment room. At this time, a dozen young men and women, who were obviously good students, were drinking juice inside... watching two nerds operating computers. , and even cheered from time to time.

There were two nerds operating the computer. One of them had messy blond hair, was wearing a smart suit, round glasses, and bangs. That was Tommy's second child and only son, Hilbert. -Hawke is currently staring at the various data parameters listed on the computer screen.

The other one he had never seen before was an Asian boy with black hair and a gentle manner. Like his son, he was focused on the screen and operating the computer.

Are the two playing a science or physics competition?

"I would rather see my son having an unobstructed party with a bunch of mixed-race beauties inside... Yes, even having some mixed-race girls would be more interesting than using a computer." Tommy looked a little dull when he saw the scene in the entertainment room. Said to Sophia.

Sophia glanced at Tommy and told him to shut up. After more than ten minutes, the children in the entertainment room burst into cheers again, and Hilbert slapped the keyboard angrily and looked at the Asian opponent next to him. :"you win."

"Hilbert?" After the game was over, Sophia, who was extremely patient, spoke gently.

Hilbert turned around and saw Tommy next to Sophia. He was stunned for a moment, and then stood up quickly, like a child who made a mistake. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. Tommy walked towards him and patted him in a relaxed tone. His shoulder: "Happy adulthood, kid. Look, it's great. You have your own friends now. You no longer need me to help you build a train like before."

"Uh... introduce my friends to you." Hilbert turned around and introduced the Asian boy next to him: "These are the friends I met when I was playing games online. We have known each other for five years, but this year We just met offline. He is from China and is coming to the university to report this year. Yes, like me, he also got the admission notice from MIT and we will become classmates."

"I am……"

"No!" Seeing that the other party wanted to sign up with Tommy, Hilbert immediately interrupted, and with a rare smile, he said to Tommy: "His name is AngelBaby."

"What?" Tommy was stunned and looked at the other party: "Kid, your name is not common in American universities, but it is a common name in major strip clubs in the United States. Is this your stage name as a part-time gigolo? Sorry, I'm not Discrimination, but this name..."

"It doesn't matter. My name is Cao Tianbao. I like the name Hilbert translated for me." The boy smiled.

"Hey! Kid, your name is awesome! Translated, you can write a very cool sentence in the name field of your admission notice, Cao AngelBaby!" Tommy laughed loudly and stretched out his hand and said: "*Read all the names in the United States Angel Dancer! Your father must also have experience studying in the United States. Maybe he was hurt by a dancer, otherwise it would be impossible to help you choose such a great name. I am Carlo, Carlo Leon, Hilbert’s father. Help Pet dealer who walks dogs for Hollywood stars.”

Hilbert then introduced a cute girl with brown hair, jeans and a T-shirt and glasses next to him: "This is Connie, uh... the girl I mentioned to you on the phone before."

"I was deeply impressed. I bought Hilbert a sports car as a coming-of-age gift for my high school graduation prom, hoping that he could drive away with his beloved girl that night. As a result, he waited stupidly like an ostrich. The girl took the initiative to ask, and she really just drove the girl for a drive that night, driving more than 700 kilometers, causing the girl to catch a cold." Tommy shook the girl's hand with sympathy on his face:

"You were the victim of the cold wind blowing passively for more than five hours that night, right? I deeply sympathize with your experience that night. Girl, next time you encounter this kind of thing, call me. I am very sorry. Recommended to you by a doctor who is good at treating colds."

After greeting his son's other friends in turn and promising to help them get some small gifts such as signed photos of Hollywood stars or tickets to premieres if there was a chance, Tommy left his son and his friends behind. They continued to enjoy their party and exited on their own.

Sophia was in the corridor, whispering something to bodyguard John. When she saw Tommy coming out, Sophia looked at Tommy with a smile: "I am about to ask John to arrange for someone to take me to San Francisco. You should use the next paragraph. I have time to seriously prepare for the wedding with Otilia, and I can also use this time to accompany Felice. She hopes that I will accompany her to travel abroad this summer and is waiting for me to meet up in Boston."

"Why does everyone think the wedding is so important? Otilia is like this. She thinks the wedding is more important than work." Tommy said impatiently when he heard Sophia also mentioned planning the wedding.

"Tommy~" Sophia looked at the impatient Tommy and smiled: "I have been with you for thirty-five years since I was in college. I have had you for more time than Otilia. Even more than ten years ago, after she got divorced and moved back to Rhode Island, Washington, and New York, I have been guest hostess here, entertaining guests as a hostess, and accompanying you to some events, but there is her real owner here, not ? Everyone just hopes that you can really return to the family, Otilia, Susan, me, Bethea, Dad Colin, Tony, Ashley, Jenny, Felice..."

"I said, if you are willing to have breast augmentation, I will consider officially registering your marriage with you, and you will not have to be embarrassed to use your identity as my girlfriend or secretary as a temporary guest hostess. However, you have always refused my breast augmentation proposal and insisted on keeping your chest flat. It’s more difficult for medical beauty institutions to make money from you than it is for that idiot Dennis to be elected president in this year’s election,” Tommy said.

"But you broke your promise, right? You said that if I had always been flat-chested, you wouldn't be interested in me, and then what?" Sophia showed a rare joking smile and teased Tommy.

Tommy held Sophia's arm and walked forward along the corridor and said: "After seeing too many plump women, I occasionally have the illusion that flat-chested women are more attractive to me."

"I'm going to visit Susan tomorrow and spend a day with her. When we chatted on the phone last time, she said she wanted me to give her some advice on her autobiography, and then went to Boston to pick up Felice. She wants to go to Korea this summer to learn about Asia. The intangible cultural heritage of ancient architecture, the Korean carpenter culture, is an ancient wooden construction culture in Asia. You know, your daughter has always been interested in architecture and has liked to use Lego to build various whimsical buildings since she was a child. Things..."

"Excuse me, what the hell are you going to see in South Korea? Ancient wooden construction culture? Whether that country existed before World War II is still open to question. Ancient times belonged to China, modern times belong to Japan, and modern times belong to the United States. What kind of locality does it have? Culture?" Tommy was stunned for a moment:

"Even if I have never been to South Korea, I know that the ancient wooden buildings there come from the Tang Dynasty in China. What you should consider is not traveling, but finding a geography or history teacher for our lovely daughter."

"Okay, then I will visit Susan, pick up Felice, and then fire her geography teacher, and you should prepare for the wedding seriously. Otilia has no shortage of suitors, and you don't want to spend your life encouraging growth. The first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, she finally sent you a wedding invitation letter for her marriage to someone else, asking you to congratulate her as her ex-husband. I know you have never been generous when it comes to women. Man, Felice and I will also rush back before your wedding."

"Why does everyone think I should be in a hurry to get back together with her? It's like I'm lacking a woman." Tommy walked to a restaurant, sat at the dining table, picked up the apple in the fruit bowl and took a bite.

Sophia sat down opposite him and said sincerely: "You should do that. You have been divorced from her for more than ten years, but everyone who knows you knows that you owe Otilia an apology. I think Otilia Leah’s anger that has been pent up for more than ten years is not easy to resolve.”

"I don't think it's that serious. Do you remember? Two years ago, the two of us just sent Phyllis to Dana Hall Girls' Boarding School, and then we made an appointment with Susan, who had just resigned as the mayor of San Francisco, to go hunting on a self-driving trip to Texas. During the trip, we rested for two days in Houston. You and Susan went shopping. When you came back, you told me that you met Otilia, who came to Houston to attend an international law conference, and actually stayed in the same hotel as us. You three We also made an appointment for an afternoon spa massage together.”

"Of course, Otilia also gave Felice a small gift for entering college and asked me to pass it on to her, and I also told you that Otilia looks really well-maintained. You should really take a look at her. I'm absolutely glowing without you."

"Yes, that's the problem. In fact, I knew she was going to Houston for a meeting, and then I proposed a self-driving hunting trip to Texas."

"Then what?"

"Then, when you met Otilia, I was actually getting dressed from her room, so you would think she looked good, and she felt very guilty for you."

"You slept with her?"

"It's not very frequent, maybe two or three times a year after the divorce. It's not that my ability has declined, but it's more difficult to have an affair with my ex-wife after the divorce... Wow, the warmth and kindness on your face just now seems to have disappeared in an instant! "

Sophia grabbed the apple she just picked up and threw it at Tommy, staring: "When you travel with me, you still go to fool around with your ex-wife? You swore to tell me that Otilia hates her so much I’ve lost you! There’s no possibility of ever being with you again!”

"That time was an accident. I would definitely avoid you when I met her before to avoid embarrassment. That time she encountered some work problems, and I had to teach her and give her some correct answers. Originally, we agreed to just talk about her. Work does not involve family emotions, but... I couldn't hold it back for a moment. As you know, although Otilia is not very smart, she is definitely a beauty in appearance and figure. It is impossible to tell that she is over sixty years old. , her security personnel also told me that there are many successful men in their thirties and forties who treat her as a peer and are ready to date her..." Tommy caught the apple thrown by Sophia and started to defend his behavior. .

Seeing the murderous look in Sophia's eyes, Tommy decisively pointed out the important point: "The most important thing is that she was not very strong in resisting me at the time, so it just happened. Among the old guys of the same age, my physical strength should be the best. , you know this very well. After all, you fall asleep touching my abdominal muscles every night, so I guess her anger should have dissipated a lot after seeing that my physical strength and figure have not collapsed. Put down the fruit plate, Sophia, calm down, You never cared about my fooling around before..."

"That's because those young women haven't considered you, a second-hand commodity, as their boyfriend. For the sake of your strong abdominal muscles, I regard you as a female item. It doesn't matter if you share items with other women, but not my own man. !”

"You have finally made a move, Sophia. I must admit that your metaphor about women's products is very damaging to me..."

"Disappear before my eyes, Now!"

"Now you have the upper hand in the relationship between the three of us. You see, Otilia is now full of guilt for you, because she feels full of guilt for sleeping with me without telling you, and I am now full of guilt for you. , What does this mean? It means that I planned this thing for your own good."

"You went behind my back and went to bed with your ex-wife for my own good?" Sophia grabbed the fruit plate and stared at Tommy: "When you and Otilia slept with her three best girlfriends during your marriage, you When she caught the three sisters from the Miller family sleeping together, why didn't she say this to Otilia, my dear, I slept with three of your best friends for your own good."

"That's different from the current situation. Otilia can't accept it not because I fucked those three bad women at the same time. The real reason she can't accept it is because I confessed everything to her afterwards. I said, I was doing it. After killing the three of them, I also fucked the mother who gave birth to their three beautiful daughters, which had a huge impact on Otilia at the time.”

"You are a scumbag, get out! Listen to what you said, God, how can you do these things and still talk about respecting women and children at the SHP Foundation with peace of mind!"

"I can explain..."

"Get out! Otherwise I will show you the more lethal female behavior, which is how a woman breaks the female products that hurt her!"

Under Sophia's menacing glare, Tommy depressedly pulled out his seat, stood up and walked out of the restaurant. As he walked, he whispered: "Do you know? Sophia, when I paid your salary before, you never dared to do this to me. I spoke loudly, and I have long said that the most correct choice is for the relationship between men and women to always be maintained by money. Once emotions are involved, equality will be broken and the status of men and women will change."