[Comprehensive British and American] Bat Parenting Encyclopedia

"Bruce isn't here?" Tim led the crowd out of the possible hearing range of the driver, and first asked the question that "she" would definitely care about.

Jason shook his head, "As far as I know, the old guy is in space and is on a mission with Green Lantern and Superman."

"These dead people, armed with guns, there are a lot of people. They obviously want to kill you two. If you can hire a good defense lawyer, there is no problem in being judged as self-defense in court," Dick put his hand on Tim's shoulder, comforting him: "If you are worried about Bruce's opinion of her..."

Tim shook his head, "That's not what I'm worried about..."

"Am I the only one who cares about the truth?" Damian, who had been silent all this time, crossed his arms and asked coldly, "Explain, Drake."

Tim didn't budge. "You know I won't say it."

"No problem," Robin turned around with a knife in hand, "I'll ask her!"

Dick pulled his younger brother back, "Don't make trouble, Damian... Judging from today's battle, you may not be able to beat her. After all, she is your sister... from another world." Or Should it be your sister?She is older than you now...

"!!" The rebellious boy became even angrier.

If you don't make gestures, the reputation will be killed!

Moreover, "I, only, have, one, one, sister, sister!" The boy said firmly.

Moreover, he has no sister!

"To be honest, I might not be able to beat her." Jason spread his hands, agreeing with Dick's point of view.

"Tell us," he said to Tim, "we're not going to kill her."

"Because you care about her, of course we will protect her—provided that she doesn't continue to commit crimes against humanity in this world, doesn't she?" Jason thought he needed to be a little more vigilant.

"No! Of course not." Tim replied helplessly.

"Hmph!" It was Damian's voice that didn't know whether to believe it or not.

"So?" Jason hinted that it was time for Tim to explain.

Dick, who knew his brothers best, was suddenly uncharacteristically quiet, watching Tim carefully.

"You made a deal," Dick said firmly. "You were inspired to find Constantine and exchange your life for hers."

Three pairs of examining eyes fixed on Tim.

"No, it's not life," Tim shook his head helplessly. "To be exact, it's things like wisdom and abilities. The details are very complicated..."

There was silence in the woods.

After a long time, Dick asked softly, "Do you regret it?"

"never."

After receiving Tim's answer, Dick nodded, "That's enough." The four men tacitly shelved the topic and did not pursue it any further.

Jason turned his head in the direction of the siren that was coming from far and near. The driver was probably awake, and he might have called the police.

"And now?" Jason asked.

Tim didn't answer.

He decided to do nothing, leaving it to her to choose what to do next.

Was one look in the dark enough for him?

How is it possible, never enough.

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The next morning, the young president did not go to the office first as usual.

He first went to the public relations department to discuss the countermeasures against the media and law enforcement agencies regarding the attack last night; after that, he went to the Gotham police station accompanied by the public relations department and the driver.

When asked about his secretary, Miss Kane, Tim simply replied that she was frightened and needed to rest for a day before coming back with a statement.

"I fired all the shots," he admitted at the same time. "I can defend myself in court at any time."

Then, he threw all the media and legal troubles to his own public relations and legal departments, and paid "bail money" when it was time to pay "bail money", and organized a lawyer team to organize a lawyer team.

These employees have been at ease for too long, and they also need to exercise at the right time.

Afterwards, President Drake spent two days in a row, made several short business trips, met with several investors, and got evaluations from the CEO of Iron Blood in the media. Everyone expressed their admiration for the strong psychological quality of the young president. Killing many attackers did not affect him at all.

Tim walked around, bustling around, seeming to avoid the office—in the end, he could only admit to himself that he wasn't ready for the empty secretary's desk.Moreover, he knew that he would not go looking for her again, nor would he let the brothers follow any clues of her.

Two days later, the young president, who had done enough psychological construction, finally returned to the top office of the Wayne Group. First, he swiped open the access control of the senior management, nodded to the front desk who greeted him, and then walked to his office.

The first gate run by the CEO is transparent, so from a distance, Tim saw the figure he originally intended to keep in his memory...

He suddenly didn't know what to do.

The sudden standing and dazedness of the young president, as time went on, naturally attracted other executives and assistants who were coming and going on the same floor.

Tim had no choice but to straighten his tie to cover up his absence.

With habitual and programmed movements, he walked to his office and opened the door, but his head was in a daze.

"Nadia" with her back to him, was busy in front of the printer—the same blond hair, the same white silk shirt.

Of course she heard the door open and his footsteps, and she turned her head.

Maybe they didn't know what to say, and the two just looked at each other for a while.

"...Good morning," her voice was soft at first, then she paused and regained her composure, "There are 23 official documents that need your signature..."

He looked at her, waiting to hear what she would call him.

"...Mr. Drake."

Tim had to cover up a moment of bewilderment with the unnecessary movement of adjusting his tie again because of this title, but he found that he was actually... not disappointed.

If there is no hope at the beginning, naturally you will not be disappointed.He wasn't expecting anything.

She chose to continue to play "Nadia", perhaps because she came from a different world, couldn't think of what to do in this world, and hadn't found her place in this world, and he was her once incompetent brother. Someone who knew her story, she was alone and wanted to come to him to keep warm.

He still gave this warmth.

"Okay," the young president showed a professional attitude, and pushed open the luxurious wooden door of the personal office, "Bring in the documents to be signed."

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A fulfilling day passed quickly, and the busy president actually didn't have much time to spend thinking about "Nadia".

When the hour hand of the clock pointed to 9, Tim stared at the increasingly confused financial quarterly report and wiped his face—what the hell was he doing?

I don't want to work overtime, but I still want to drag "Nadia".

The moment he opened the door and went out, he saw "Nadia" decisively put down the phone receiver, then turned her head and looked at him with innocent and questioning eyes, just like a dedicated secretary waiting for instructions from the president.

On the girl's calm face, Tim actually saw the unique and indistinguishable guilty micro-expression that once belonged to her.In that world, when she got into trouble, she would look at Bruce so stubbornly.

So the phone call that he hung up in a hurry as soon as he heard his footsteps... is a bit problematic.His secretary is probably scolding the head of a subsidiary in some country for him.

The president suddenly felt like laughing.

How big is it?He decided to pretend not to know.

"Get off work." He put on his suit jacket and took the car keys, "I... will drive you home."

Contrary to his expectations, she did not refuse.

In the elevator and garage, the two remained silent.When getting in the car, the direction in which "Nadia" first reached out was the rear door.Tim, who was already in the driving position, saw her movement from the rearview mirror, and his hand on the seat belt paused.

He didn't say anything, didn't ask her to sit in the front row.

But when he fastened his seat belt and looked up again, "Nadia" had already opened the door on the passenger side.

The first time the president got off work at 9 o'clock, the colleagues on duty in several departments who were forced to cooperate almost cheered. Of course, they would swipe their cards to leave the office building immediately. Therefore, there were a few pairs of sharp eyes that happened to see the president and the secretary. They shared a car, and it was the president's private car, driven by the president himself...

It’s the standard beginning of office sex news, especially when it was reported that President Drake had rekindled his old relationship with TamFox a few months ago...

But neither Tim nor "Nadia" cared about the so-called gossip.

On the first day, the two of them did not communicate with each other with any language or sight. Under the guidance of the navigation, he sent her downstairs to the small apartment.She went upstairs without looking back. After her window was lit, he drove around the nearby block to investigate the security on the spot.

(However, this move is not for the personal safety of "Nadia", but for the innocent gangsters and criminals in Gotham. Tim is afraid that the girl will kill them too hard...)

The next day, Tim didn't take her home directly, but turned to a restaurant first, and she had no objection; holding the menu, Tim asked her about the dishes she used to eat, and she nodded; for drinks, he He ordered a soda, and she ordered a glass of Chardonnay; while waiting for the meal, he read the financial report on the tablet, and she read the news.

Day three...

Day [-]...

Day [-]...

……

No.30 five days...

Tim suddenly felt that this was not bad.

In the car, the two went from being completely speechless to discussing some work topics; in the restaurant, when she was unwilling to try new dishes, he asked her to take a bite from her plate first.

The above unfolded, leaving Tim's three brothers dumbfounded.

"So, let me stroke it." Jason snapped his fingers at Tim in the video while tearing off his son and daughter who were stuck to him like octopuses.

Your current status is...

You know who she is.

She knows you know who she is.

You know she knows you know who she is.

She knows you know she knows you know who is she?

Damian rolled his eyes: No nesting dolls!

But I have to say that Mr. Todd summed it up very well...

In the small box of the video belonging to Dick, a handsome man with black hair and blue eyes squinted his eyes, and his expression was half-understandable. "Aftertaste" Mr. Todd's summary, and even made a supplementary expansion, "We know we want to Pretending not to know who she is, she should also know that we are pretending."

"Bruce doesn't know yet." Jason expressed his gratitude.

"We don't actually know if he knows." Dick spread his hands.

Damian: "I can't take it anymore, stop using the word know!"

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It stands to reason that the president and the secretary are so close without shyness. According to normal logic, there should be gossip in the office at this time.

Under normal logic, "Nadia" might still be ostracized, tricked, and bullied. Tim paid attention to it for a few days, and after developing the girl without any abnormalities, he realized that he didn't have to worry at all.

If she in that world could even unify gangsters, playing office politics now can only be a blow to dimensionality reduction.

As for the accusations and gossip behind the scenes, neither of them cared.

He had never invited her to his penthouse, hadn't even bothered to try, and she had never asked him if she wanted to come up for a cup of coffee in her own little apartment downstairs.

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Executives of the Wayne Group have one month of paid vacation every year. Obviously, Drake, the current president, has never taken a vacation during his term of office.

"Nadia" has not taken any annual leave or sick leave since she joined the company. Until one day, Tim, who just arrived at the office in the morning, did not see her who was usually sitting at the desk early.

After a long and increasingly anxious wait, Tim began to suspect that she was in danger. He put on his coat and rushed out to find her.

Almost bumped into Bruce head-on.

The tall man supported the young man and asked if there was any accident that he didn't know about.

Tim blinked and shook his head.

The man he respected the most was talking about what he hadn't contacted for so long, asking the other children about his recent situation but no one said... and other opening remarks, but these words have been reduced to a faint background sound.

Tim is connecting, thinking, and he gets it, she's hiding—from the Bruce of this world.

Of course Tim understood, and his heart ached for her too.

Bruce was asking him if he had been in any trouble lately and if he needed help.

Um?No, no, no.

Thank you, Bruce.All is well with the group.

"Nadia" certainly wasn't his plight.

The older man glanced at the empty secretary's desk, and his eyes hinted, "Someone told me that you are dating your secretary?"

Tim, who was originally wandering in the sky, was so scared by this sentence that he regained all his attention.

Wait a minute, Bruce, when did you care about the love life of your adopted son and son?

Do you want to share with you Dick's love history and see if you will have a heart attack?

Waiting a moment, Tim looks into Bruce's swaying steel-blue eyes—does Bruce really not know she exists?

"Okay," Bruce touched his nose, and then "advised" Tim as if teaching experience, "There is no rule that you can't have emotional communication with the secretary..."

Said it like he had experience... Wait a minute, Tim recalls, well Bruce does have a lot of experience.

"Just, be careful, okay?" Bruce took out the phone that rang suddenly, and the "VIP" who could make the old father answer the phone at the first time, only the daughter's teacher has such a status...

"Also, pay attention to the influence of public relations." The old father winked at his adult adopted son while answering the phone.

This is... sex education is out? !

What is this!

Tim choked on his own spit.

I really doubt that if Bruce knew that the heroine he was talking about was "the who", would he screw his head off and kick him like a ball.

Regardless of whether Bruce really didn't know or pretended, "Nadia" would stay far away wherever the chairman of the Wayne Family Group appeared.

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The evening pick-up activities between the president and the secretary continued, and Tim considered more than once that maybe he should buy her a car—anyway, the "improper" relationship between the two men and women or the exchange of interests had long been known by some good-natured people. In his eyes, he was convinced that it didn't matter at all to buy a car as a gift.

He didn't know why he didn't buy it for a long time.

And "Nadia"'s salary is already enough to buy a car for herself-since she never spends on clothes.

He didn't know why she never bought a car.

He even didn't know why he never suggested to her to buy a car.

It seems that sitting side by side in the car at night is the tacit understanding between the two of them.

Tim once thought that this kind of life would last for many years.

He couldn't do without her, she was his bodyguard, secretary and brain.

The balance and the routine were broken by Tim, specifically, by a coffee break he had with Wonder Girl Cathy Sandmark.

At that time, Cassie happened to end her visit to Artemis and expressed regret that a boy, a girl and two children could not get a "pure" Amazon education. Afterwards, because they were in Gotham, they stopped by and met Robin boy Tim Drake who fought.

As an old friend whom he hasn't seen for many years, Tim of course has to take time out from his busy schedule to have a cup of coffee with Cathy and take her around the streets of Gotham.

It was Sunday at the time, and by coincidence, she was spotted by "Nadia" who had planned to come to Wayne Building to secretly work overtime for Tim.

The three of them bumped into each other under the Wayne Building without embarrassment—"Nadia" was holding the documents, and Cassie licked the ice cream unconsciously. Like Wonder Woman, she couldn't refuse such a food.

Tim found himself feeling a little guilty, but for a moment he couldn't figure out why he was guilty...and, did he have a position to feel guilty?

What is he to her?

Brother, boss, and the only connection to the old world?

"Nadia" didn't say anything, she nodded to Tim and Cathy, introduced herself to each other, and left with the documents, but her pace was getting faster and faster.

That night, Tim suffered from insomnia, and he thought about everything in the past year all night-it has been a year since "Nadia" appeared by his side.

Why is she by his side?

Is he thinking too much?

What if he's wrong and she only thinks of him as "Brother Tim".

Most seriously, after breaking the fragile balance between the two of them, will it drive her away?

The young president didn't understand it until he went to work the next day. He was so absorbed in thinking about the problem that he immediately ignored the huge change in his secretary's clothes in the morning—she actually started wearing something other than a white shirt and a black half skirt!

The entire company building, from the vice president of finance to the auntie cleaning, are quietly discussing whether Miss Kane has been stimulated, and whether she has undergone plastic surgery.

The secretary started to wear red... and changed her hair from the dirty gold that hung naturally to pure gold, and her facial features also changed slightly.

Just like Wonder Girl Cassie herself.

Until she walked into the office with the documents, Tim had hoped to be able to see the faint green outside her fake blue pupils through the slanting light of the sunset every day, but when he saw her face, he finally Realize what's wrong.

"How did you..." Make yourself look like Cathy!

Tim is really only confused for a few seconds - he's just turned into a human being, he's not turned into a fool.

Then he understood her mind, everything was understood...

From why she appeared here, to her current changes.

Of course, this kindness for him made him so excited that he almost couldn't hold the pen in his hand steadily, but it was more panic.

From the time she was in that world, never changing for her father Bruce; to now being here, changing for him, the girl has experienced too much over the years.

In fact, this has nothing to do with self-confidence, it is the girl clumsily expressing the fear of "losing", just like she once indirectly caused her to lose her father because of her rebellious refusal to change herself.

And Tim understands that he can't be her reason to erase her edges.

He walked around the desk and came to her, determined to show the courage of the Red Robin, and to hell with reservedness-how much pain had this reservedness caused between them?

"You are someone else's face every day. For me, under this mask, you are still you." He held her by the shoulder and looked into her eyes seriously. "So, with me, you There is no difference in your external appearance, but I will always remember your real appearance."

In the setting sun, he reached out to take off her glasses, touched the signal switch on her neck with his other hand, and pressed it.

For the first time Tim had the luxury of seeing the golden light of the setting sun reflected in the black hair on her shoulders.

He showed her his heart.

"I thought you knew." Tim paused, and called out her real name in person for the first time, "Helena..."

I thought you knew I loved you.

"I thought you knew too." She raised her hand and stroked the man's eyebrows, "Tim."

The first kiss was initiated by her.

The author has something to say:

In fact, what I want to express is that this is still a question of self-identity.Girls who lack love since childhood, especially those who have lost something, are more likely to be wronged and change themselves in order to get a little love, and they are easy to become victims of unscrupulous PUAs.

Of course Tim is definitely not a PUA, and he understands her.