The Death Knell

If you have been misunderstood, just misunderstand it. Is your image taller now?

I walked around the construction site with two children for a while, and took a look at how deep the foundation was dug. He needed a basement with many levels, and the foundation must be very deep.

The ground is frozen harder than stone this month, but no one will complain. After all, if you have to work, you will have food. If Su Ming announces that he will give them a holiday now and start work again next spring, they will definitely refuse to die.

There was no rush for the construction period of the building. He gave it a year or two. No matter how good the construction was on the ground, the main thing was that the underground must be well planned.

Given that the geological conditions of Long Island are slightly worse than those of Manhattan, it is estimated that the construction speed may be slower than that of the Empire State Building currently being built there.

Bucky and Steve originally thought it was a large-scale construction project, but they saw a group of people digging in a large pit, and their curiosity quickly passed.

Su Ming originally planned to take them around the city, chat and see if they were "crooked", but there was no serious matter at all.

He has given up all serious matters to gin and vodka. He has been living like a salted fish recently, and he only talks the most.

"Do you know what this is doing?"

He held a cigar in his mouth, blew out a smoke ring, and stood next to the pit looking at the workers below.

"I know, sir, it's digging the foundations."

Steve raised his hand very politely, as if answering a question in class.

"Do you know why they dug so hard, even if it was very difficult?" Su Ming asked again.

Steve mused, and Bucky learned to answer, albeit in a less confident tone.

"Because the foundation is very important, and a person must be down-to-earth?"

Su Ming smiled and nodded again, okay, that's it, the more upright and honest the better...

My image seems to be taller again.

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The day almost passed like this. No matter what question Su Ming asked them, the two boys could explain it with very honest answers, which made him feel that they were born to be superheroes.

I don't have to worry that these two people will go astray. They are even more in line with the American spirit than shown in the movie.

But according to what Su Ming learned, the current family situation of these two people is more like a mixture of movies and comics. Is it an illusion?

At the end of the day, the two of them also admired Su Ming. They thought he was a good boss in the new era who combined wisdom and virtue.

In the end, Su Ming also took them to the Gramercy Park Hotel for dinner as agreed. Although the famous hotel on 26th Street is not what it will be in the future, their second phase of the project has been completed. Now only the interiors of some rooms have not been completed. .

This is a very personalized hotel, full of postmodern Gothic style. The walls, curtains, and carpets are all made of blood-colored velvet, giving it the feeling of a vampire castle.

Of course, this place has always been at the forefront of the times. Historically, after 2000, they would announce that the hotel would welcome gay, bisexual and transgender people from all over the world and become a governing unit of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association.

Anyway, with Captain America and the Winter Soldier, Su Ming thought it was good to have them come here to eat, but his presence seemed a bit redundant.

Of course the two boys didn't know Su Ming's bad taste. They were already shocked by the luxury and grandeur of the hotel. When the food came, they started eating like crazy.

Su Ming just took a few bites casually and spent more time watching. World War II will break out in a few years, and they will all go to the battlefield by then.

He looked forward to meeting them on the battlefield.

"Sorry, sir, we ate too much." Steve wiped his mouth. He found that Su Ming just smiled and watched them eat, and he only ate one piece of steak, and he suddenly felt very embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter. I originally invited you to dinner. You can eat freely without having to save money for me."

Su Ming generously called the waiter and asked him to serve all the dishes on the menu except soup. He kept his word. He told them to take the feast home for their parents to try, so he kept his word.

"Oh! Thank you sir, you are such a good man."

Bucky didn't think too much, he was completely addicted to the delicious food.

It's just a meal. It won't be as easy to bribe Captain America and the Winter Soldier in the future.

Steve and Bucky were simply big-eyed but small-bellied. Dozens of hard dishes were served to them, and they couldn't even walk without eating much.

"Okay, it's getting late, take my car home."

Su Ming paid the bill and asked the waiter to pack all the untouched dishes into boxes and put them in the trunk of the car. New York was very chaotic now, so if two children were allowed to run around, something would happen.

Steve, who doesn't have a shield, and Bucky, who doesn't have a unicorn arm, are just ordinary kids now.

The car was still the same, with a faint smell of tobacco in the luxurious carriage. Both Steve and Bucky were reminiscing about today's experience.

In the past, they found a matchbox and had fun tearing off the stickers and playing with it. But today, they can never forget the days when they can learn how to be a good person and eat good food.

"Thank you, Mr. Wilson. I will definitely study hard in the future and become a useful person to the country." Steve held a bottle of Coke and watched the scenery outside the window fly away quickly. He found that he seemed to have really grown. .

"Me too, I will study hard."

Bucky nodded. He was also willing to study. Today, Mr. Wilson made him realize through some examples that learning more skills now can help everyone live a good life in the future.

"Don't run around in the future, listen to your father and grow up well." Su Ming once again showed a smile that they couldn't understand.

On the dimly lit street, the black limousine was driving fast, like a lurking black shadow. Before the two of them finished drinking the Coke, the car stopped on the street outside their apartment building.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the parking position happened to cover the blurry blood stain on the road that had long dried up.

Su Ming opened the car door and signaled that they had arrived home. Watching them reluctantly get out of the car, Su Ming asked the driver to bring them the food.

He stopped going to their home. The building looked very dilapidated and kept making whistling and creaking sounds in the night wind. Going up on his own would make them feel embarrassed.

"Goodbye, sir, and thank you again."

The two said goodbye to Su Ming and went home happily with the driver.

However......

It was very late at this time and their father had gone home long ago.

Steve was okay, his father just asked him what he did today and lectured him.

But Bucky's luck was not as good as his. Before the driver could return, Su Ming keenly heard Bucky's screams.

"Ah! It hurts!"

"Ah! My butt is going to split!"

"No! I can't do it anymore!"

"Oh, he is really a grumpy old man..." Su Ming looked through the car window at the two houses with lights on in the small building. He shrugged and rolled up the glass: "Drive and go back to the bar."

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In the following days, Su Ming made his own preparations. In addition to allowing Wilson Enterprises to develop as planned, he spent more time traveling around the world to select places that could be used as safe houses in the future. Bought through a third-party leather bag company.

In the future, SHIELD and Hydra will have countless bases around the world, and Su Ming will also need logistical support. These places should stock up on food, weapons, transportation, and communication tools, which all require a lot of money.

For now, only the food reserves can meet his standards, and other things will be replenished in the future, but this is still a lot of money spent.

Time passed quickly due to the different actions of all parties, and the two children grew up day by day, from cubs to teenagers, and then to young adults.

Su Ming has met with them once every two years over the years to have a meal and chat to make sure that things were not out of his knowledge.

The development of things did not deviate from the original trajectory. They both became upright and good young people. Bucky became tall, handsome and strong, while Steve stopped growing after he was fifteen, and his body was still affected by the old disease. Impact, resistance is almost non-existent.

Trachoma, asthma, scarlet fever and other diseases all took hold of him, and he became completely sick, as if a stronger wind would blow him down.

However, the friendship between the two of them has not changed, and they are still best friends.