After driving a few streets away from Times Square, the number of people here began to increase.
Everyone got out of the car, Robert and Catherine hugged each other, Joseph was held in Luke's arms, and Claire followed Luke up and down, following the increasingly crowded crowd.
The family squeezed to the "cross of the world", and the street was already crowded with people.
Claire is better, she has seen similar situations many times when she participated in benefit performances.
Joseph stared wide-eyed on Luke's shoulder, looked down at the densely packed heads of people around him, and said, "There are a lot of people."
Everyone laughed.
Every New Year, Times Square will hold a New Year's Eve performance, so that people who come to join in the fun will not be bored waiting there.
Soon there were singers performing on a temporary terrace extending from the second floor.
Claire tiptoed, leaned into Luke's ear and shouted, "Guess who is performing this year?"
Looking at her smiling face, Luke didn't have to think too much: "Sheila?"
Claire laughed loudly, and couldn't help patting him several times: "Can't you be a little stupid?"
Luke: "I'm so stupid, you still love my brother."
Claire: "Yes, it's cuter to be silly."
"You are the cutest." Luke hehe.
Claire was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized: "Ah, you are the cutest, no, you are the cutest and cutest!"
While laughing, Sheila appeared.
As a veteran diva, Batman's rumored girlfriend, this year's market suddenly picked up to a big hit, and she was welcomed like a tsunami.
But there are too many boring melon eaters, and they changed from "Sheila" to "Batman" after shouting and shouting, as if they wanted to summon Batman in this way.
It's a pity that they don't have a bat light, so they are destined to only think about it.
Sheila started the performance calmly, she was used to these people putting herself and Batman together, she denied it repeatedly, but it didn't help, and she could only let these people make a fuss.
After a while, everyone's joking thoughts finally faded away, and they began to shake their heads left and right following the magical prelude rhythm.
"Cheap Thrills", a cheerful electronic dance song full of brainwashing rhythms, also comes from Luke, which is his return gift for Sheila to take care of Claire.
Sheila's new song, released just a month ago, has spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard and looks set to continue.
Before, Sheila relied on the enthusiasm brought by Batman and the earthquake charity show, and returned to the front line by going "by the side".
But with the release of this super hit single that won consecutive championships for four weeks, the veteran diva finally staged the drama of the return of the king, and stabilized his explosive popularity this year.
As soon as the song ended, everyone's heads were unconsciously shaking, and their bodies were also swaying, as if the magical music hadn't gone away.
A few seconds later, Sheila bowed and bowed, and left the stage with a smile. The cheers gradually sounded, and the most difficult "audience" shouted Batman again.
Sheila on the stage smiled and shook her head, as if she had said something.
But the microphone in her hand had left her mouth, and the surrounding noise was so loud that almost everyone couldn't hear it clearly.
Luke, who has elementary sonic ability, added a little guesswork from what he heard to complete the sentence - "If he really comes, I will be happier than you",
Luke could only smile and shake his head at this, Batman's dormant period has not yet passed.
And isn't Batman just celebrating Christmas? He also listened to Sheila singing on the spot, and celebrated the New Year with you melon eaters! I really don't know the blessing when I am in the blessing.
These unreliable thoughts flashed through his mind, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
These melon-eating parties are his strong backing. If you want to raise the reputation of the map of the United States to reverence, you really have to rely on the fuel of these melon-eating parties.
He is not in a hurry, he will have a lot of time in the future to slowly complete this "God-making" plan.
In the warm atmosphere, the time came to eleven fifty-nine at night.
Looking at the countdown displayed on the big electronic clock, everyone began to shout "twenty-nine, twenty-eight... ten, nine... three, two, one!"
Fireworks exploded all over the sky, accompanied by cheers from the crowd.
2004 passed, and 2005 arrived.
…
Early the next morning, Claire got up early and sneaked under the Christmas tree in the living room of the small villa, trying to be the first to open the Christmas presents.
Thiefly picked up a small pink wrapped gift box, she smiled all over her face, and murmured softly: "I don't know what gift that idiot Luke prepared for me this year? I hope there will be no more learning materials like this." It's a prank, or I'm going to beat him up."
She shook the gift box gently, but no sound was heard.
Taking a deep breath, she reached for the ribbon that bound the box.
Suddenly, she felt that something was wrong beside her, so she turned her head to look suddenly.
On the single sofa a few meters away, Luke was holding a tablet and earphones in one hand, and was slowly stuffing an almond walnut chocolate cookie into his mouth with the other.
Click!
There was a crackling sound, and he bit off a small piece of cookie, chewing it slowly.
Claire stared blankly for a moment, then jumped up suddenly, rushed over and grabbed his neck: "Say, when did you come? What did you hear?"
Luke deftly avoided her impact with his hands.
Although his body was shaken back and forth, he did not forget to take another bite of the cookie, and replied calmly, "I was sitting here at six o'clock, so can you explain why you feel so small? Can the study materials fit in the box?"
Claire's face was full of vigilance: "Because, it can completely hold a USB flash drive, and the learning materials of a USB flash drive are enough for me to graduate from college."
Luke: "..." This logic is really seamless, without flaws.
Seeing that he was silent for a while, Claire turned to him and asked him: "Why didn't I see you when I came in? You must have lied."
"I have special hiding skills, which can make my existence invisible to others." Luke said seriously.
Claire: "Huh?"
Luke motioned her to sit on the side, and then demonstrated: "Look, that's it."
As he said that, he put the cookie by his mouth very slowly and evenly, and then bit off a small piece very slowly, chewing slowly.
This time, there was really no sound at all.
Claire was dumbfounded for a moment, then said blankly, "Are you kidding me?"
"I'm telling the truth." Luke said, "If you don't believe me, I'll show you again."
As he spoke, he repeated what he had just done.
A small head poked out from the bedroom passage: "Luke, Claire, what are you doing?"
Luke:"… "
Claire: "…"
She finally woke up from the state of being fooled, and yelled angrily: "Luke, you are such a big guy! Didn't Joseph see you now?" She began to beat him with her hands.