The daily life of the villain raising cubs [British and American]

"Tom?"

The wooden door creaked, and the old Anthony, who was just standing on the steps and was about to knock on the door, saw the little boy standing there in a daze through the gap, and asked in surprise, "Would you like to stand at the door?" What are you doing?"

Only then did Little Tom come back to his senses. He turned around and put the milk and newspapers in his hands on the table, and then replied with a puffy face, "I'm waiting for Dad. He has something to do outside."

"Oh." Old Anthony thought it was another patient who asked Su Qizhi to see him, so he nodded as usual and didn't ask.Standing at the door, he awkwardly raised the cheese cake in his hand, "It's just out of the pan, eat it while it's hot."

Since the neighbor was not here today, old Anthony was too embarrassed to speak to a four-year-old milk baby. He glanced regretfully at the top of the cabinet with piles of newspapers at the door, turned around and prepared to leave.The thick stack of old newspapers had actually been padded into a nest by the black cat, which lay quietly on top of it, staring at old Anthony with piercing eyes.

"Wait a minute, Uncle Anthony." Little Tom stopped Old Anthony who was about to leave. He stood by the cabinet and raised his head and called, "Slime, come down."

The black cat gave an obedient "meow" and jumped down.But it didn't dare to jump into the arms of Little Tom with outstretched arms. Instead, it avoided the place where there were people, jumped to the open space, and licked its fur on its stomach.

Old Anthony turned around suspiciously, and saw an innocent and lovely smile on the white and tender boy's face: "Uncle Anthony, the newspaper is on the cabinet, take it, I'm too short to reach it."

"Oh...thank you." Old Anthony heaved a sigh of relief. When he raised his hand to take the old newspaper, he suddenly realized that the little boy standing at the door seemed to be reading the newspaper with his head down, so he stood motionless.

"Tom, can you understand the newspaper?" Old Anthony was a little surprised, and couldn't help but speak with admiration.

"No, I'm looking at the photos in the newspaper." Little Tom answered earnestly with his small face up. He looked at Old Anthony with a pair of clear black eyes without blinking.

"Is that the big battle?" Old Anthony recalled the interview with himself yesterday, and the itch in his heart was tickled. He tried to hold back until tomorrow to read what the interview in the newspaper said, so he didn't have much thought Let's test how many words Little Tom knows, "Then I'll go back, Tom, you stay at home, and strangers don't open the door."

Old Anthony recalled the scene just now, and choked out another sentence: "Also lock the door and wait for your father to come back."

"Okay, goodbye, Uncle Anthony!" Little Tom smiled even more cutely, and waved him off.

After he closed the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't wait to turn around and continue to read how the report praised his father. When he turned his head, he saw a familiar figure of a black-haired young man standing in the living room.

"father!"

"Troublemaker, why are you talking to Uncle Anthony like that?" Su Qizhi was annoyed and funny, bending over to pick up the little boy and asked.

The guilty expression of being caught flashed across Little Tom's face, and he quickly lifted up the cheesecake in his hand. He didn't dare to show his sulking after waiting all night: "Dad eats cheesecake, is it right?" Just made it!"

Su Qizhi took a bite of little Tom's hand, still didn't get over the matter, and after swallowing, she slowed down and asked calmly, "Tom, tell Dad, what do you think?"

Lying is actually a normal phenomenon for grown-up people, and lying is also a normal phenomenon for children who are too young to distinguish reality and fantasy.To say that this matter is not a big deal, at most, Little Tom has a strong vigilance and knows how to hide his cleverness-but Little Tom can be regarded as the old Anthony who grew up watching him, and the two neighbors have been almost like a family in recent years It's okay to cover up in front of strangers, but it's too vigilant to cover up with old Anthony, right?

Usually it's fine to pamper her vigorously, but when encountering these signs, Su Qizhi still doesn't want to ask vaguely to understand.Even if there is any abnormality, it can be resolved clearly.If little Tom starts to learn to lie, he can find a way to stop it, at least not let little Tom become a habitual liar in everything.

"Well..." The smile on Little Tom's face disappeared immediately.He looked at Su Qizhi, his eyes dodged a little, but he still said hesitatingly, "I don't want others to know."

"A four-year-old child can recognize all the words in the newspaper and can read the newspaper, which is a bit noticeable no matter how you look at it. There are also those weird abilities, I can talk to snakes, I don't want to let these Others know."

"Huh?" Su Qizhi was also stunned.No matter how he guessed, it never occurred to him that little Tom would think so.In the original book, Tom longed for the attention of others since he was a child, and he longed for being different. He couldn't wait to show others his abilities, so that he developed many bad characters since he was a child, such as domineering and plundering.

Su Qizhi originally thought that Little Tom's character was partly like that of Tom in the original novel, and it should be an innate factor brought about by the genes of inbreeding, which cannot be changed.What's going on now?Little Tom, who has always wanted to be different, wants others to think he is an ordinary person?

Su Qizhi thought about it, but couldn't figure it out, so she had to answer Little Tom's words first: "... If you don't think about it, don't think about it. Wizards can't reveal their existence and strange places to Muggles. When you go to school at the age of 11, the surrounding It's all little wizards who can do magic like you, and you're going to shine there."

Little Tom didn't have any happy expression on his face. On the contrary, he was still a little depressed, muttering in a low voice: "It's seven years before graduation, and every year I only have winter and summer vacations to come back to see you. It's not as good as it is now."

Su Qizhi felt that she was even more confused.He sat on the sofa with little Tom in his arms, put the plate on the tea table, and comforted him in surprise and comfort: "I heard that there is something called a double-sided mirror. I will buy one for you when the time comes. I want to see me. We can see each other in the mirror anytime. It's actually nice to go to school, where you can use your magic as you please, and you don't have to hide it from Muggles."

Little Tom seemed to be comforted, nodded to Su Qizhi, buried his face in his chest, and said in a muffled voice: "When I graduate, I will put on a black robe and become a superhero with you to save the world!"

"Superhero?" Su Qizhi was shocked by the word, "Tom, where did you hear that?"

In this era, he should be the first person to publicly expose his abilities. Before that, he had never heard anyone say the word 'superhero'.

"It was said in the newspapers. They said that you have superpowers and secretly help the people of New York every day. You also repelled the incoming aliens. You are a well-deserved superhero." Little Tom raised his head and repeated, clenching his fists, Make up your mind, "I want to be a superhero too! Then I can fight with you, Dad."

Only then did Su Qizhi realize that little Tom might have been influenced by him.He is obviously an alien with superpowers, but he pretends to be an ordinary person every day, without revealing his flaws, and secretly pretends to be an unknown man to help people or save the world.In the eyes of children, this may seem like a cool thing.

It can be regarded as finding the reason for the change of little Tom, Su Qizhi also heaved a sigh of relief, remembered something and joked: "Your dream has changed too much, Tom? First, you want to become the boss of a big company to earn money for me. He also said that he would become the Minister of Magic and get rid of everyone he didn't like, and now he still wants to be a superhero with me after graduation, are you busy with so many dreams?"

"It's very simple." Little Tom opened his mouth without thinking, "I can be the boss, let my subordinates go to start a big company and become the Minister of Magic, and then I can be a superhero with Dad!"

Su Qizhi deliberately teased him: "If you have a new dream in the future, do you want your subordinates to become superheroes with me?"

"This won't work!" Little Tom became anxious all of a sudden, his eyes were rounded with anger, and the little milk said fiercely, "Only I can be a superhero with Dad. I am...Little No Name! My subordinate You can only do other things, and you can't rob me!"

"Don't grab it, don't grab it." Su Qizhi couldn't help laughing at his eagerness to protect the food. With a thought, she took out the things stored in Jinjiang, "Look, what is this?"

The small velvet bag was at most the size of a palm, but when Su Qizhi fell upside down, a lot of things poured out of it.The first thing to bear the brunt is a pile of golden gold coins.

"Wow!" Little Tom had never seen so much money, his eyes almost blurred, and he almost jumped up in surprise, "It's Jin Gallon!"

Satisfied, Su Qizhi picked up a bottle of cleaning agent that was accidentally poured out, and quietly stuffed it into a velvet pouch, explaining: "I got a lot of money after finishing my work last night, so I went to Diagon Alley to change it again in the morning. For one trip, the rest will be bought as basic books for you, as well as the books you need to go to school. I asked, and the textbooks have not changed in recent decades, so I bought a set first and came back to show you. , and the potion you wanted, so I came back late."

"Wow, Dad, you are amazing!" Little Tom blushed with excitement, grabbed Su Qizhi's shirt and climbed up, and kissed him hard on the face several times.

Su Qizhi wanted to change little Tom's perception of her family's poverty, and was afraid that he would be dazzled after getting so much money, so she made up her mind to start teaching Tom how to control and manage money, so she deliberately said: "Although this time I got a lot of money …But the tuition fees and annual expenses for going to school will be high at that time, I have calculated, plus the current annual expenditure on this aspect, the remaining Galleons are just enough to apportion.”

"Tom, I will keep this wallet for you next, and then I will teach you how to manage it - the currency in it can only be used in the wizarding world, you can restrain yourself from using the money in the right place, and keep that part of the tuition fee Is it?" Su Qizhi asked.

He was digging a big hole for Tom in advance again.If Tom couldn't bear the temptation in the future, or didn't dare to use this wallet and turn to other crooked thoughts, Su Qizhi would definitely teach him another lesson.At least it's better to settle the matter within Su Qizhi's control now than to let Tom develop bad habits when he doesn't know.

Little Tom cautiously reached out and touched the gold coins with a very cherished expression. He took a deep look at Su Qi and agreed firmly: "I will, and I will take good care of the money, Dad!"

Made a mistake once, little Tom never intends to do it again.This time, Dad managed to earn so much money, but he gave it to him for safekeeping.Who would hand over so much money to a four-year-old?Especially when he made a mistake not long ago... This is Dad's trust in him.

Little Tom lowered his eyes.

He knew that he was actually very smart, so he shouldn't betray this trust.

Su Qizhi rubbed little Tom's hair, and realized something from that expression, he smiled: "Good boy."

……

Spring went to autumn, and in the blink of an eye, little Tom was already in elementary school.

Oh no, it shouldn't be possible to call him 'Little' Tom anymore.It is now the winter of 1934. The five-year-long economic depression has finally passed, and the domestic situation has finally ushered in a turning point, but the situation still seems to be chaotic and turbulent.

Su Qizhi knew that this was a harbinger of the outbreak of World War II.With only five years left until the outbreak of World War II, 16-year-old Steve and Bucky, who is one year older than him, have already entered college under the chaotic school system.But Howard, who was the same age as Bucky, had graduated early.

Howard has actually become a bit of a celebrity around here.As a genius of the old Stark family, Howard has been skipping grades since he went to middle school, and graduated early from college. Now it is said that he and others set up a factory in Manhattan, New York, and mysteriously research some chemical products.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, he is already considered a small boss. He has his own business before he is an adult, and he is simply a standard child of someone else's family.

Su Qizhi's natural background is clear, and it won't be long before Howard will start his Stark Industries from scratch.Su Qizhi, who is still staying in the wooden house on 87th Street, does not plan to move again.

Su Qizhi, who was sitting on the sofa watching black and white TV, heard a sound at the door, and without turning her face, she called out, "Tom."

"Dad, I'm back."

In the familiar voice, the smell of milk when she was a child has subsided a lot, and with the sound of approaching footsteps, Su Qizhi turned her head, and looked at the black-haired boy who had grown tall and tall in front of her with satisfaction in the past few years.

Tom is about the same age as when he met Steve, right?