Chapter 16 Encounter

"The Statue of Liberty is a gift from France to the United States to commemorate the American-French alliance during the American Revolutionary War. It was designed and completed by the famous French sculptor Bartodi in ten years. It is a symbol of free will..."

Standing on the Statue of Liberty Like the top of the interior, Nicole talked like a beautiful girl guide.

It has been two days since we came to the Big Apple. Ryan and Nicole have visited many famous attractions, watched colorful neon advertisements in Times Square, shopped at boutiques on Fifth Avenue. Went to see plays on Broadway, and went to Central Park to experience Forest in the city.

After crossing the Hudson Estuary, the two returned to Manhattan. Anyway, they came out to relax and have fun. They didn't have a clear plan or goal. They went where they went and didn't care about repeating the route.

"Ryan, why did you stop?" Nicole felt her hands sink, and then she realized that the boy holding her hand suddenly stood there, "The Twin Towers are one of the tallest buildings in the world, on the top floor You can see half of New York in the sightseeing room, don't you want to go?"

"Nicole, let's not go, I don't like the twin towers."

Although it is only 1990, the shadow of the past life is lingering. If you don't go, if you kill Ryan, he won't enter the World Trade Center. "Let's go to the Empire State Building."

"Okay." The

Empire State Building is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty is also known as the symbol of the Big Apple, especially the lights at the top, which are world-famous.

After arriving at the viewing platform on the 86th floor, Ryan looked into the distance, which was in the direction of Long Island.

"What are you thinking about?" Nicole asked, seeing that he was a little lost.

"Nothing?" Ryan came back to his senses, thinking of the Empire State Building-related script he hadn't finished yet, "Nicole, I heard from Pat that a producer invited you?"

"Yeah. ' Nicole nodded.

Unlike the previous life, "Across the Horizon" landed in the United States earlier. What's more interesting is that it was Miramax who introduced the film to North America. As the film entered theaters, Nicole gradually became more and more popular in Hollywood. With some fame, some producers began to send out invitations.

"Unfortunately, they are all vase characters." With the experience of "The Sixth Sense", Nicole's eyes have become more critical.

"I have prepared the next script for you." With the relationship between the two, there is nothing to say.

"Really? Why don't I know?" Nicole raised her eyebrows, "What's the content?"

"It's related to the Empire State Building, it's still too early to finish." Ryan thought for a while, then said, "I'll give you a suggestion, It's best not to take a filming appointment before The Sixth Sense is released."

"Why?"

"Because after "The Sixth Sense", your worth will go up."

"You little brat, are you so confident?" Nicole was noncommittal, and stroked his wind-ruffled hair, "What about the script? Let me see, if it doesn't suit me, I won't pick it up."

"At home in Los Angeles, you can find it yourself when you go back." Ryan smiled, the manuscript he wrote unless he invited Nicole won't mess around, which is also respecting his privacy.

Not far from Manhattan, it is also a famous holiday destination. Long Island has attracted many people to settle here. Especially after World War II, a large number of middle-class and wealthy Jews also relocated, and many of them came from Jerusalem.

After walking around Winnett Park, Ryan simply dragged Nicole into the dessert shop at the entrance to the park. It was probably because of the weekend. There were many people in the shop; most of them were children accompanied by their parents. There was a table in the lower corner, and after ordering two Black Forest cakes and two glasses of orange juice, Ryan and the others sat at the table.

"It tastes okay, but it's too sweet." These desserts are often the natural enemies of beauty-loving women. Nicole put down her fork after just a few bites.

"No! No! No! I want vegan!" A clear girl's voice came from the direction of the counter, "Thank you, give me another cup of hot orange juice!" Then the girl turned her head in the store with a small tray. After looking around, he finally walked towards Ryan's table.

"May I sit here?" The girl asked very politely, showing excellent upbringing.

Ryan had been talking to Nicole in a low voice until he realized that the girl was coming. He turned his head, and the moment he saw the girl, his eyes froze. However, he quickly lowered his eyes to hide his inner feelings. fluctuating emotions.

"Of course!" Ryan also politely replied, that no one could see the change in his mood. I have to say that role-playing in the past ten years has made his face unconsciously change. A veil has been put on.

"Thank you!" The girl sat beside him.

Ryan glanced at her calmly from the corner of his eye, with dark brown medium-length hair that was slightly curled, and a goose-egg-shaped face with an angular face, which was not very cute, and had a bit of baby fat. Her brown eyes shone with wisdom, and the small mole on her cheek not only did not harm her appearance, but even added to her temperament.

Although she looks a lot younger than her impression, she is his favorite female star after all. He has seen all the photos she has published, and in an instant, he is sure that she should be her.

"Hello, I'm Ryan Jenkins!" Ryan introduced himself very calmly.

"Hello!" The girl nodded and said lightly, "Natalie Hustler."

Ryan didn't say anything else, and he didn't do anything. He could see that the girl was slightly wary. If If the materials he had read were not too outrageous, this girl's precocious maturity and wisdom far exceeded her age and appearance.

After quietly eating the cake, Ryan said lightly to the girl beside him before leaving, "Miss Natalie, it's nice to meet you, then...bye!"

"Strange boy!" Boy and girl, Natalie shook her head and continued to taste her food.

About half an hour later, Natalie walked out of the dessert shop and rode her little bicycle toward the house. Not long after their family moved to Long Island, as a Jewish girl born in Jerusalem, her father, a conservative doctor, wanted her recently. Developing a strict vegetarian habit, this habit is neither good nor bad. Since it is a family requirement, she can only follow it as usual.

Winnett Park was not far from her home, but when she turned to the street in front of her home, an accident happened.

Maybe only God knows what's going on. When turning a corner, a child she knew called her from behind, Natalie turned her head in a ghostly way, and then the bicycle hit a boy on the side of the road, the unfortunate one The boy was knocked to the ground directly by her.

"Damn it!" Ryan cursed in a low voice. This was a disaster. He just stood there with his head down and waited for Nicole who went to the convenience store. A daredevil even hit him with a bicycle. You know, there are four cars on this road. Parallelism is no problem.

"I'm sorry, you're not hurt, are you?" He

sounded like a girl, and Ryan said angrily, "Not dead, just a broken leg."

"Ah~"

Hey~ Why does the voice sound familiar? Ryan raised his head, his eyes widened in amazement.

"It's you?" The

two of them said in unison as if they were in a good mood.

"Your leg is broken?" Natalie asked timidly.

Ryan sighed, this collision seemed to be a waste, rolled his eyes, "Just kidding."

Natalie curled her lips without a trace, but after all, she did something wrong, so she had to apologize again, "You're Ryan Jenkins, right? I'm very sorry, I was too careless."

"Ryan, what's wrong?" After leaving the convenience store, Niki saw Ryan sitting on the ground, with a crooked car beside him The bike quickly ran over him.

"Nate, what happened?"

A Ford also stopped on the side of the road at this time, and a middle-aged couple got out of the car and walked over.

It was as absurd as it was filming a movie. The support teams of both sides were all in place in an instant, and Natalie didn't shirk the blame, and quickly explained what happened.

Ryan wasn't injured. With his body that was slapped and beaten in the orphanage, how could he be so delicate, but Natalie's parents still invited him and Nicole to go to their home not far ahead so that they could check carefully. Come on, because Natalie's father is a doctor.

"Mr. Avner, it's just a little scratch." Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Ryan looked at his swollen knees and didn't care.

"I'm sorry, Ryan, I was too rash." Under her father's stern eyes, Natalie had to apologize again.

"It's okay. Nat, can I call you that? Thank you." Ryan said with a smile, "Mr. Avner, don't blame Nat, I'm also responsible for this."

Nicole sat next to Ryan and gently rubbed his knees for him. Seeing that there was no problem, he helped him put down the rolled-up trouser legs. After all, it was just an accident, and Ryan was not injured. A smaller girl, she can't say anything.

"Jerusalem, so you were born in Israel?"

Just when Nicole and the Hustler couple chatted a few words, Ryan was about to get Natalie's old bottom out. Yes, she is indeed smart and precocious, but facing Ryan, she is still too tender.

"Yeah, we just moved to New York not long ago." Natalie looked at the boy's face carefully as she spoke, "Ryan, are you Jewish too? I think you have some Jewish features in your appearance. ."

Sure enough, she is a careful and smart girl! Ryan sighed in his heart.

To be honest, he didn't know what blood he was, but according to Dean Katie's inference from his appearance, he should have a part of Nordic blood, and the appearance between his eyebrows had some Jewish features.

Anyway, in the end, Ryan concluded himself, that is, a mixed-race kid can't be a mixed-race kid.