Brand Master [Comprehensive Yingmei]

On the second day of the appointment with Vera, Alfred woke up Bruce, who was bedridden, three hours earlier.

"Sorry, sir."

The old butler smiled and handed a set of comfortable home clothes to Bruce, "Miss Senna, Master Dick, and Master Jason are waiting for you in the entertainment room."

"..."

Sleepy-eyed Bruce took the clothes quietly, and was silent for a long time before asking in a hoarse voice just waking up:

"So, you went to Cena behind my back, just for Dick?"

Through Ah Fu's words, connected with Vera's abnormal attitude last night, Bruce guessed most of the truth at once: Vera would suddenly forcefully ask him to stay at home, probably because of Alfred's request.

Based on Bruce's understanding of Vera—she already has great respect for the elderly, and Alfred's caring care for Jason during this time, Vera will definitely agree to his request.

Mr. Steward's expression softened, and he asked softly: "But besides Miss Senna, who can influence your decision?"

Bruce: "..."

He was expressionless: "Nonsense."

Big joke!When will Vera Senna be able to influence his decision?

A Fu smiled but did not answer, he handed a thick book to Bruce with both hands: "Miss Senna asked me to give it to you, she asked you to finish reading this book, and then go downstairs within half an hour."

Bruce was taken aback, took the book subconsciously, and looked at the title:

"Children's Education Encyclopedia"

Bruce: "………………"

"I'm really worried about the relationship between you and Master Dick, so I have to ask Miss Senna for help."

Alfred said unhurriedly, "I'm also very curious: as an adopted child, as a first-time parent, how Miss Senna handles the conflict between work and family, so that Master Dick can face Master Jason Hidden envy."

Bruce frowned, and just about to refute, he heard Ah Fu continue:

"As a result, Ms. Senna asked me instead: Is it because it is the first time that parents have no experience, so parents can be forgiven for any mistakes they make when educating their children, so any unintentional mistakes can force the children to let go?"

"..."

The man's hand, which was holding the book lightly, suddenly tightened, and his fingers firmly grasped the spine of the book.

If Alfred hadn't personally put this children's education book with childish patterns in front of him, which looks like a housewife would buy it, Bruce really couldn't believe that Vera, who has always been indifferent, would buy it. This kind of thing.

Just looking at the side pages of the book, it can be seen that the owner of this book has read the book countless times, and there are various labels on almost every few pages. You can find countless sticky notes and various printed materials pasted on the pages of the book.

Looking at it, from the beginning of the catalog, it is full of various dense and beautiful small characters, with seven or eight small sticky notes to supplement.

Bruce knew at a glance that it was written by Vera herself.

Not only in the table of contents, but every page of this book is carefully marked with various reminders, written with various theoretical knowledge and practical experience of child psychology, and even combined with advertisements Various professional theories, plus supplements.

For example, in the chapter on "Why Children Don't Understand What Their Parents Say", Vera's annotation at the beginning is:

[In the process of information transmission, [translation] is more important than [translation]. 】

The so-called translation means that the person who conveys the information should use a reasonable method in the process of conveying it, so that the person who receives the information can correctly understand the information.

And the translation refers to the understanding of the information by the person who receives the information.

The meaning of this sentence is actually implying that the child cannot understand what the parents say, and it is entirely because of the parents' own way of expression.

For another example, in the chapter on "How to make children understand their parents", Vera actually wrote very bitterly in Chinese:

[Don't do to others what you don't want. 】

Parents can't understand their children by themselves, so why ask children to understand their parents?

——This sentence is really written in Chinese. If it is not for Bruce himself, it would be a headache for others to read these Italian words.

The entire book is full of messy notes and excerpts. Judging from the newness of these handwritings, this is the result of Vera's recording many times.

Moreover, not only this book, some of the content in some notes added later is obviously from other children's education books, and even some children's education online courses.

Turning over page by page, Bruce couldn't help but see the scene of Vera reading this book and writing these notes:

A workaholic who is so busy that he doesn't even have time to sleep. The patient who obviously has to rely on sweets, milk tea and aspirin to continue his life when he is working, has finally finished all his work, but he still suppresses his sleepiness. "Children's Education Encyclopedia" read at night by lamplight.

Not only to read, but also to take notes conscientiously like a student preparing for an exam, carefully summarize ideas, and mark the key points with marker pens of various colors...

I even have to read a book while seriously following a group of young mothers to take online classes on children's education.

...this strange contrast.

How on earth she finds the time to do these things is anyone's guess.

A young girl who has never even talked about love at all, stumbling forward with a six-year-old child in her arms, being cautious, for fear that her words and deeds will be negligent and cause any psychological blow to the sensitive child.

Bruce stopped talking.

He quietly read the book carefully from the beginning to the end, focusing on the chapter "How to Talk to Children" that Vera took the most notes several times. All the marked words suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth.

After half an hour, he quickly arrived at the game room downstairs. Before he opened the door, he heard Dick's chirping inside the door.

"Vera, can I build a city here?"

"Vera, can this technology tree be leapfrogged?"

"Vera, Vera..."

A certain brat who was familiar with him changed his name at some point. When Bruce was still "Senna Sena", he already called "Vera" in one mouthful, which was very intimate.

The corner of Bruce's mouth twitched, he pushed the door and went in, and saw a scene that surprised him enough.

In the huge entertainment room, the huge TV screen looks like it is connected to the game console, and it is showing the screen of a certain strategy game. Below the screen, there are three people, one big, two small, sitting in a row facing the screen and facing the door with their backs.

The three people's attention was obviously on the game on the screen, but at the moment the door rang, they all stopped chatting and turned to look at the door at the same time.

Three pairs of eyes, lake green, turquoise, and blue, gawked at Bruce at the same time.

Vera, who had shed her formal attire, was wearing a cream-yellow casual outfit. Her hair curled up disobediently, her skin was tender and fair, and she couldn't tell that she was a 26-year-old mature woman. When she turned her head at the same time as Dick, she looked completely Not ten years older than Dick.

Sitting on her left side was Jason, a little boy who had recently gained weight. When his round blue eyes looked at Bruce, he was slightly dissatisfied with being disturbed.

On the right side is Dick who has been pestering Vera since the very beginning.

After seeing Bruce, his originally happy and relaxed expression suddenly changed, and he jumped up in a hurry:

"Hi, hi - good morning!"

Before Bruce could speak, Dick himself nervously doubted himself:

"Well, Ah Fu and Miss Senna said, today is...uh, game teaching day? Do you really want to play games with me? Seriously?"

According to the normal weekend schedule, today's Dick should have been doing homework, training, and actual combat exercises. However, when he woke up early in the morning, he was told by Alfred:

"I don't need to practice and do homework today. Today is a rare game teaching day."

Dick:? ? ?

After coming to the game room in doubt, as expected, I only saw a mother and son, Vera and Jason.

While he breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed:

He knew that Bruce was so busy, it would be impossible for him to attend some game teaching courses—fucking hell, Bruce really came! ! ?

Dick, who always felt dazzled by himself, watched the old father who was also wearing casual clothes walk in naturally, and his whole body instantly petrified.

Before Dick asked confused questions, Vera, who was sitting in front of the TV screen, gave him a cold and heartless look first, and raised her chin at Bruce:

"Sit next to your son."

It was obviously just a simple order, but when he heard Vera utter the word "your son", Dick pursed his lips unknowingly.

...and then Dick watched Bruce really sit on the side in silence, without a word of nonsense.

That look of letting it go, completely letting Vera dictate and direct it...does she really look a little bit obedient? ?

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In a split second, Dick, whose mind was blank, suddenly had a terrifying thought:

Previously on Zhenglian's publicity side, Bruce probably changed his mind because he listened to Vera's advice?

Isn't he...has he always been so obedient? ?

The so-called "game teaching day" created by Vera is actually part of "teaching with fun".

When she was able to go out before, she would take Jason out to experience, but now she can't go out, except to visit the greenhouse or garden in the manor, she can only teach Jason in this way.

What?Why can you learn knowledge by playing games?

Because the game she chose was "Civilization VI".

Civilization VI is a very special game in that it is a history-based strategy turn-based game.

In this game, the player will play the role of a well-known leader in history, personally establish a famous empire in history, and need to achieve certain ultimate goals to win.

It looks simple, but in practice you will find that:

All the settings of this game are extremely realistic. Whether it is in terms of technological development or institutional research, it is rich in a lot of historical knowledge. If the player is not familiar with the history of the world and the characteristics of each country, it is difficult to win.

Not to mention the various methods of game and struggle between one's own country and other countries in the process of national establishment and development, without any scheming and calculation, even high-level computer AI can't beat it.

In other words, if you want to learn to play this game, you must first be familiar with various subjects such as world history, technology and humanities.

And after learning it, playing this game depends on your IQ, and you need to pay attention to various strategic deployments.

Relying on this, Vera can teach children various knowledge while playing games with Jason.

Moreover, not to mention Jason, even Dick, who is already in middle school, can learn a lot of things that are not taught in textbooks at all.

When Bruce arrived, the "America" ​​ruled by Dick happened to develop peacefully and smoothly into the classical age.

According to the game settings, at this stage, if Dick wants to develop new arms, he needs the resource "iron".

However, after he worked so hard to light up the iron resource technology tree to display the iron resources on the entire map, he realized in a daze:

In "France" under his command, there is no iron resource at all. There are only a few other computer AI countries that have "iron" resources on the entire map.

"Without iron, your country will not be able to develop new arms. That is to say, in the following time, you will be extremely backward for a long time."

Seeing this, Vera calmly suggested, "You have to get the iron ore to continue developing your country."

Dick grumbled: "...but there are no iron mines in my country."

"Isn't this the iron mine?"

Vera's finger tapped lightly, and Dick and Jason noticed that there was an iron mine in a small country just beside Dick's "France" land.

Her voice was soft, but her smile was cold: "Send troops to occupy this country, and the iron mines here will be yours."

...Is it necessary to subjugate the country for an iron mine?

Just came into contact with this game, and Dick, who has been pursuing peaceful development since the founding of the country and never invaded other countries, hesitated.

He rubbed his nose and said hesitantly, "Actually, it shouldn't matter if there is no iron ore?"

Vera didn't object, and Bruce, who was sitting on the sidelines, didn't speak. The two watched in silence as Dick let the small country go and simply ignored the iron mine.

Then after a while, this small country with iron ore relied on iron resources to create an army of swordsmen. Relying on its own iron resources, these new arms captured Dick's national capital, and "King of Subjugation" Dick was forced to Fleeing, the huge country is all handed over to others.

Dick:! ! ? ?

Vera, coolly: "Do you still think it's okay now?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she glanced at Bruce with a faint look: "Do you still think this is a game now?"

Bruce, who watched his child being bullied by computer AI all the time: "..."

He hesitated for a moment, sighed and took the game controller in Dick's hand, and while cleaning up the mess for his silly son, he wanted to teach Dick a lesson.

But while he was talking, Vera, who was holding Jason and explaining the game mechanism in a low voice, suddenly raised her head, and gave Bruce a warning glance with extremely dark and cold eyes, with a kind of "Think about it before you talk." "The threat means.

Bruce: .

Recalling the "Children's Education Encyclopedia" he had just read, he hesitated for a while, reached out and patted Dick on the shoulder, and said dryly:

"It's not bad to have ability without abusing ability, and to be able to resist temptation."

……

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Dick, who had lowered his head in frustration, waited for Bruce's reprimand in frustration and loss, suddenly raised his head, staring at Bruce in disbelief, his blue peach eyes wide open.

A few seconds later, as if he finally understood what Bruce was saying, those sapphire-like eyes suddenly burst into an astonishing light.

It seemed that countless fireworks exploded suddenly.

It's like layers of sea tides rolling and fighting.

It's just a simple compliment.

Dick, on the other hand, acted like a bird in a cloud, jumping happily back and forth.

Captured by the child's performance, Bruce turned his head and continued gloomily:

"The problem with your operational performance is—"

Slap a sweet date, Bruce originally wanted to mercilessly point out the mistakes Dick made in the game just now, but before he finished speaking, Vera here interrupted him as if nothing had happened:

"It's normal for novices to have problems—if Bruce is operating it, it's not much better than you."

Bruce: "..."

Dick: "..."

The man who was forced to swallow all the criticism stared at Vera beside him unbearably. Unfortunately, instead of being afraid, the latter narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his eyebrows at Bruce forcefully:

"If you are not convinced—please?"

... This woman!

Again and again, Bruce finally gave up preaching to Dick.

Simply put the whole day here, he simply made an invitation gesture to Vera, handed another game console to Vera's eyes, and twitched the corner of his mouth:

"Indeed, what are you waiting for?"

The battlefield immediately turned upside down, and the smell of gun=powder broke out between the two people. Bruce and Vera each took a game controller, and then pulled Jason and Dick, and the four played "Civilization VI" online.

Just like other strategy games, four players are online, and each player plays a country. In addition to cooperation, they can also compete with each other and fight against each other. They can become the world's most powerful country by various means and win the final victory.

Vera and Bruce each played France and Germany, Jason got Norway, Dick chose Sumer, and the four played from the Stone Age... Then the game became Vera and Bruce Brain war between ==

On Vera's side, Queen Catherine de' Medici, who represents the image of the ruler of France, has a swaying skirt and an arrogant demeanor. She develops culture with the help of the unique French castle landscape.

She is sitting in Catherine's personal guards, she is outstanding in diplomacy on the surface, secretly spying and conspiring, relying on talent, art and culture to radiate the surrounding city-states and small countries, and secretly developing religion to infiltrate Germany, planning cultural and religious victories.

On the other side of Bruce, Frederick I, the image of the ruler representing Germany, is majestic and majestic. Relying on Germany's special military and political talent, he strives to promote industrialization while developing the army.

His army at the beginning was very talented and strong in combat power. He captured several cities in one go, and was sharpening his sword against the Queen of France. Once he seized the opportunity, he would definitely beat Vera to death and turn the noble Queen into a humble prisoner of war.

These two people were talking and provoking each other while playing games:

Vera, with a smile, stepped up to build the fortress and borrowed troops from the surrounding city-states. By the way, they joined forces: "Want to send troops to me?"

Bruce, with a blank face, developed his own religion crazily and killed the spies sent by Vera one by one: "You want to use culture and religion to corrupt me?"

——Then try, try, see, ah!

Dick, who was watching the fight between the gods, said, "...Hmm!"

No matter how you say it, Jason is only six years old. The Norwegian he played was subconsciously taken care of and supported by Vera and Bruce. Dick was miserable. He couldn't play Bruce at all, let alone Vera and Bruce combined. .

What's even better is that the Sun King he chose happened to be caught between Vera and Bruce, and was besieged by the firepower of both sides... Dick was beaten and cried by his old father not long after, and he slid and knelt quickly to become Bruce's brother.

Not even Dick figured it out himself:

His country is still struggling in the Stone Age, and even the most basic technology has not been researched. Why did Vera and Bruce have stepped into the classical age? What the hell is the technology politics of an era ahead of him? ?

After finally waiting for him to enter the classical era, he didn't even finish opening a map. Bruce has already researched the Knight Legion here, and Vera's missionaries have already come over there. What the hell? ?

He finally worked so hard to build a wonder building, and the Bruce army over there directly took over his entire city and occupied the wonder building? ? ?

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Are Bruce and Vera really hooking up?

Ma Dan, he will never play this kind of strategic planning game with these two dolls again! !

Even though he said so, Dick... was really reluctant to put down the controller and leave.

In the past year, this is the first time that Bruce has put aside the company's official business, the Justice League mission, all investigations and research, and set aside a day to play games with him.

Vera and Bruce played the game, but they did not forget their original intention.

In this "game teaching class", while fighting to the death in the game, they tacitly explained to the two children the various methods they had used and common historical knowledge.

"If a country wants to prosper and develop, it has to plunder more resources-this means that the better your country develops, the less resources other countries will eat. This kind of resource is expressed in the game, In classical times it was iron and saltpeter, in modern times it is oil and uranium."

Vera said grimly.

After she finished saying this, Bruce didn't even need to mention it, and he naturally told Dick about the various local wars and financial wars caused by the issue of "oil" in the past in the world, including de-dollarization and other kinds of classrooms. The historical inside story that will not be told.

The two of them just sang together, casually took out the messy little knowledge in the game, and used it to their heart's content, quoting from many sources.As small as a certain historical celebrity, as large as a certain national system, both of them can do it easily and effortlessly.

After a whole day, Dick was already overwhelmed just listening to Vera and Bruce explain all kinds of wonderful historical and cultural knowledge. He was eager to get a recorder to record what Bruce and Vera said that day. All recorded.

No quests, no boring training, no pesky outsiders.

Nice weather, gentle sunshine, delicious cookies, great games...and, a Bruce who will say "good job" to him.

For a moment, Dick even thought he was still dreaming.

He sat beside his father foolishly, the maturity and stability he had shown before disappeared, and he stared at Bruce with sparkling eyes, with a vague sense of intimacy.

On the other side that Dick didn't notice, Vera, who was teaching Jason while playing games, was still paying close attention to the conversation between Bruce and his son.

Whenever Bruce seemed to criticize or educate Dick, she would casually raise her voice and interrupt Dick nonchalantly.

time flies.

When Dick was still immersed in the dreamlike "game teaching day", the sun had already set before Vera and Bruce could win or lose.

It seemed that it was just a blink of an eye, and by the time Alfred had to come to urge the four of them to eat, the sky had completely darkened.

Jason had long been yawning and starting to feel sleepy, but Dick, who stayed up all year round, still couldn't get enough of it. When Mr. Butler came to urge him, his originally cheerful face showed a trace of reluctance.

Reluctant to return home, Dick is also very clear about the priorities:

It was not easy for Vera to keep Bruce in the manor all day long. He was as busy as Batman. Even if he didn't go out for night patrol tonight, he still had to stay in the Batcave to formulate corresponding strategies.

Dick felt content to be able to have such a day of parent-child time with Bruce like Vera and Jason.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant he was, Dick blinked his sleepy eyes, resisted the urge to yawn, stood up, turned off the game console, pretended not to care, and asked Bruce energetically:

"Do you want me to follow you out on night patrol tonight?"

"I think you need a rest."

Before Bruce could answer, Vera hugged Jason, who had fallen asleep, with difficulty. She looked at Jason, her voice was very soft, and she said meaningfully:

"Children are inherently vulnerable and need protection."

As soon as the words fell, Vera carefully supported Jason, and with the help of Alfred, she walked towards the third floor without looking back, leaving the father and son Bruce and Dick to stand alone in the game room.

...vulnerable, in need of protection?

Thinking of Vera's notes in the book he read in the morning, and recalling Dick's eyes that suddenly lit up when he praised him as "good", Bruce was silent for a moment, reached out his hand hesitantly, and touched Dick's head .

The boy's black hair was soft, as soft as the feathers of a baby bird.

After Bruce's big palm fell, Dick's whole body froze, he raised his head in disbelief, and looked at Bruce stupidly with a pair of sapphire eyes.

Then he heard the man say dryly:

"I'm glad... well, you can still remember your mission."

"Thank you, Dick."

...Suddenly his eyes turned red.