Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

"I don't want you to get married."

After hearing this sentence, Hodge was stunned. For a few seconds, he couldn't even tell the reason for his shock, whether it was "Bruce actually opposed our marriage???" or "Bruce You have already thought of getting married???"

Every bau member has participated in interrogation and negotiation training. When facing unknown suspects, every look and movement they make, and every word they utter, has a specific function and meaning.In contrast, they are all very good at acting and hiding their true emotions. As the team leader of bau, Hodge can't say he is the best of all, but he must be a master.

But at this moment, Bruce just said such a sentence lightly, and he felt that he could hardly control his expression, and could only instinctively look at the other party with a dumbfounded look.

"Oh, what? Do you have anything to say?"

Bruce still looked at Hodge with his lazy posture, his eyes slightly closed.He leaned his whole body on the back of the chair, and tapped on the table slowly with one hand, no matter his voice or expression, there was an obvious and exposed leisurely complacency.

Even if he doesn't want to admit this, Hodge still feels that Bruce is like a hunter now. He is chasing and stalking his prey but he is not in a hurry to kill them. He just waits and watches from a distance, admiring the panic of the prey Uneasy look.

It was an unpleasant feeling, and Hodge could not help but secretly slander him.

The man kept his hands clasped on the table, straightened his back more straightly, stared at Bruce's face with clear eyes, he pursed his lips flatly, and after taking a few seconds to calm down, he spoke calmly When he spoke, he couldn't hear any extra emotions other than "sincerity" in his voice.

"Actually, I haven't discussed this issue with Elliott yet, but I will respect her opinion and take her as the main point."

After expressing his attitude and passing the initiative behind Elide, Hodge hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and added the last half of the sentence:

"...Of course, I'm not opposed to signing some...well, property notarization papers if necessary."

Hodge has indeed not considered the matter of "marriage". For people of his age and experience, marriage no longer has such a strong symbolic meaning.In addition, he already had a failed marriage experience, for a while, he really didn't want to take the initiative to toss about these things again.

Of course, if Elide wanted it, he would certainly be willing to put his promise in black and white in the legal sense.But Elide never mentioned these things, not even hinted at them.So Hodge never thought about this aspect.

Now that Bruce suddenly mentioned it, Hodge couldn't help thinking about related issues for the first time.

For example, Bruce doesn't object to their dating, but he doesn't want them to marry-maybe it's about property.Yes, Ellie's last name was Pennyworth, not Wayne, but Dick's last name was also not Wayne, but Grayson.The difference in surnames does not affect their status as Bruce's adopted sons and daughters, nor does it affect the relationship between them as a family.In other words, they can fully inherit Bruce's legacy.As far as Hodge knows, even now, Elide has valuable works of art and collections, as well as a lot of real estate, and these must all come from Bruce.

His wealth may indeed be nothing compared to Bruce or Elliott or Dick, but he is not a villain who covets other people's wealth.If Bruce doubted him—he wouldn't mind signing a prenuptial deed.

However, even if Hodge said so, he didn't think Bruce was implying this level of content.

Sure enough, upon hearing Hodge's words, Bruce opened his eyes slightly, and even laughed out loud after a while.He laughed happily and exaggeratedly, as if Hodge had just said something stupid and funny. His laughter echoed in the empty room without partitions. The sound overlapped with the echo, even standing still. Dick, who was on the corridor outside the house, couldn't help but turn his head and looked towards them curiously.

"Haha, property notarization...hahahahaha, this is the first time I've discovered that people in the fbi also have a sense of humor!"

Bruce was still laughing while speaking, he seemed to have spent a lot of effort to suppress the unstoppable laughter in his chest, and after barely finishing the sentence, he even coughed a few times before finally calming down. An exaggerated smile.

"You are really a pragmatic and smart person," Bruce said slowly, his eyes were fixed on Hodge, and his expression was full of inexplicable meaning, like scrutiny, but not just scrutiny , "Anyway, I have already expressed my attitude. Some things...that is a problem between you, and I don't want to care about it."

After saying this, Bruce shifted his position.He finally gave up the sitting posture where his whole body was glued to the back of the chair, but the next movement was not much better: he leaned against the long table, resting his chin with his hands, with a schadenfreude smile on his face, It looked out of proportion to his age and status.

"The sentence you said before reminded me - since Elide has brought you to the door, I should also dutifully ask about your situation. To be honest, I have never done this kind of thing before , it really makes me anxious and looking forward to it~"

That being said, there is no trace of "uneasy" in Bruce's expression, even if it is "expectation", it is more like expecting Hodge to make a fool of himself.At this moment, his voice sounds particularly "Bruce Wayne", a playboy who does things as he pleases and doesn't consider other people's feelings. When he wants to make fun of someone, he will mostly use such a voice full of viciousness .

"Although I know your personal information well, but..."

At this point, Bruce's expression changed in an instant. If Hodge hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that the man who had a playful smile and couldn't escape the adjectives "frivolous and fancy" could pose like this in the blink of an eye. A worried serious look.

"...Do you know how old you are with Elied?"

"..."

"A divorced person like you, eh, a man, really has a criminal record."

"..."

"By the way, I remembered. You still have a son. How old is it? Is it ten years old? In Afu's eyes, Elide is still a child, and her boyfriend's son is not much younger than her. How dare you She found a problem!"

"..."

"Did I miss something? Oh, yes, as far as I know, a senior supervisory agent like you makes about $2000 to $2500 a week, tsk, $2500- didn't know about my dinner yesterday how much did you spend."

Bruce threw out a series of questions suddenly, like a series of uppercuts made up of words, hitting Hodge hard, making him feel very tight in his chest for a while, and he had nothing to say.

For the second time in 10 minutes, he stared dumbfounded at the man in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but fix on the suit on Bruce's body.It was a set of high-end handmade suits with exquisite fabrics and well-tailored suits. The color was so calm that it looked a little old-fashioned. It was probably chosen by Afu "specially" for Bruce, so that he could make up for the "age disadvantage" of being two years younger than Hodge.

Did Bruce ask such a long list of flawed questions to be worthy of the suit? ? ?

"Why, shouldn't you answer my question honestly at this time?" Bruce's voice sounded extraordinarily innocent, but he didn't hide the gloating, little devil-like smirk on his face at all.He leaned back on the back of the chair, crossed his arms with both hands, and there was a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was very satisfied with the net that he had woven with words just now.

Probably, as Elied said, Bruce likes to hunt, so in every aspect of life, he likes to be a controller like a hunter.

After a moment of silence, Hodge spoke helplessly. He only felt that his throat was dry and his voice sounded dry.

"Between me and Elide—"

"Oh, come on," Bruce yelled suddenly, with a painful look of "you'd better spare me", "I don't want to hear you answer these questions, I take back what I just said, the FBI agents are still boring Representation of—seriously, since Elide went to Quantico, she hasn't been as cute as before, it's so sad!"

Bruce stood up as he spoke. He stared at Hodge and was about to say something when he suddenly turned to look in the direction of the door.

It took about two or three seconds before Hodge heard footsteps and faint voices from outside. He also turned his body around, and soon saw Elied and Afu walking in one after the other. .

This also declared that the "private conversation" between Hodge and Bruce was completely over, both in terms of content and the rhythm of the conversation, which were not pleasant at all.After noticing Elide and the others coming back, Dick, who was seriously watching the scenery on the terrace, also fled in immediately - the weather in late autumn and early winter, plus it was getting dark now, the terrace facing the lake is nothing Great place with nice weather.

"Hey, are you chatting?" Elide stood at the door, winking at them with a playful face, "I hope you have a good chat."

"Of course, Elied, I have to say, Aaron is a rare and interesting person in the fbi~"

Before Hodge could react, Bruce had already taken the first step, talking nonsense.He even bent down slightly, held the mug on the table in front of Hodge, and pretended to clink glasses. The expression on his face was so lively that it was almost hard to look directly at.

Hodge now sincerely feels that Bruce Wayne is really talented as an actor.

He is indeed the proud son of Gotham, a man who will always live in front of the public.For Gotham, he is not a star but he is better than a star. His every move is enough to attract everyone's attention and arouse everyone's interest.He never entertained the public, but everyone was looking forward to a glimpse of his life.

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The author has something to say: Not to mention the Gotham people, isn't even their "Queen of Information" Garcia always interested in Bruce's gossip?

——Having such a "father-in-law" really makes people a little...overwhelmed!

Elide glanced at Bruce suspiciously, and then turned her gaze to Hodge. She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, showing a sweet smile that was a hundred times warmer than the cold wind outside the house: "Is that so, Aaron?"

I've been busy doing experiments recently, so sometimes I can't update it in the morning, but I will make sure to make up for it in the evening, and I will work hard to update it every day!

I wish you all a happy weekend~