[Comprehensive British and American] The life of the villain and the body of the hero

After the age of eight, James started elementary school.

Children of this age are the most sensitive and cruel.The middle-class active community where the Leightons live is not big, so almost everyone knows their stories. Although they must express sympathy and distress for James on the surface, who knows what they will say behind closed doors?

At least if it wasn't for what the parents said, the children wouldn't have followed suit at school and scolded James as "the son of the devil who brings bad luck". Some people took the lead, and the children began to isolate themselves. They don't like to talk much. James.

The two adults had a little understanding of James' situation but were powerless.This is something between children. When Clark was young, he was ridiculed for being too rustic. As for Bruce... he never went to school.

Besides, can you count on Bruce for advice on interpersonal issues?

They could only silently prescribe medicine for James when he occasionally came back with injuries, and try to pull him out of the cold corner after he became more withdrawn and unwilling to see people.

"Are they hitting you again?" Bruce watched as Clark applied ointment to the wound on the boy's forehead.

James nodded, stubbornly refusing to say a word.

"Did you call back?" Bruce asked again.

After a few seconds of silence, the boy replied: "I fought back, but there were too many of them, and they were all stronger than me. I couldn't beat them."

"You know you can't beat them, why don't you run?" Bruce didn't let him go so easily.

James bit his lip and turned his head away without answering.

Clark looked at the boy's angry look, and couldn't help but blinked at his lover in the wheelchair.

Sure enough, Bruce raised his eyebrows slightly, his sharp ice-blue eyes were filled with sarcasm, and he sneered and said, "I can't beat you, and I don't want to run away, so what else can I do besides being beaten?"

He pushed the wheelchair and moved to the boy's side, stretched out his slender fingers and pressed hard on the bruise on the boy's waist, and the boy cried out immediately, with spots of sweat dripping from his head, and stared at Bruce with unwilling green eyes.

"Such a stubborn temper will be beaten to death one day." Bruce said coldly.

Clark stopped in a low voice: "Bruce..."

The lover in the wheelchair ignored him at all, but continued: "Even if you can beat them now, you will always meet more people who will teach you a lesson in the future, and you will meet stronger people. By then, you are running away." Or compromise, or continue to be beaten to death?"

"I'm right, why should I run?! Let them beat me to death." James said bitterly, without giving in.

"Then your life is too cheap." Bruce turned his head and sighed again: "Maybe I don't need to persuade you, because one day you will understand that there are too many things in this world that can make you bow your head."

After that, James added another one to his daily private teaching: exercising.

At first, Bruce just had him run laps around the house and do some basic strength training.Clark bought some exercise equipment and spent an hour with him every day on the equipment.

If Bruce hadn't been paralyzed, he would probably have taught this kid himself, as he taught every Robin, how to fight, how to defend himself, how to retreat strategically.

Anyway, he didn't expect Clark to know any fighting skills. All of Clark's combat power in his life can only be one thing: to crush the enemy with absolute strength, and he will not hide from the enemy's attack.Unless he also has his physique, the consequences of learning to fight with Clark will only be an ugly death...

They hired a taekwondo coach, and since Bruce didn't want to raise a Robin, an ordinary taekwondo coach was enough for an ordinary kid to learn.

James' situation in school finally stopped being passively beaten, he began to be able to fight back and protect himself.The children are a group of small animals following the trend. The one who took the lead found that James was not easy to bully and turned around to bully the other nerdy classmates who had just arrived——

Spencer Reid was a little genius, but believe me, American elementary schools don't welcome that kind of talent.

Thomson, a school bully, started to bully the good-tempered kid who just transferred to another school after he found out that he couldn't beat James.The first time he hit Rhett's head from behind during class, the second time he threw all of Rhett's books into the toilet to soak in the water during recess, and the third time he started to stop Rhett at the school gate to find fault.

Rhett didn't dare to resist, not to mention his small body couldn't resist Thomson and his little followers.

Another time when Thomson found fault with Red, James finally couldn't stand it any longer. He slammed into the little bullies like a calf, pulled the blond thin genius to protect him, then rolled up his sleeves and pounced on the bullies. Thomson is fat.

"I've put up with you for a long time and told you to bully people!" James' rising momentum startled the little followers, but none of them dared to come up and pull James away.

Thomson screamed in pain when James' fist hit his chubby stomach.

Reid, who was hiding behind James like a little rabbit, poked his head out silently, carefully tugged on James' sleeve, and sniffled hesitantly.

James turned his head abruptly, causing Rhett to tremble in fright. James asked unsteadily, "What's wrong?"

"Well, stop beating, he's crying out for pain."

"Then why didn't he know you were in pain when he hit you? Don't let anyone stop me today!!" James, who was furious, was really not easy to mess with.

The result is that he finally gets his wish and gives the little bully a solid, err, probably too good of an effect.He beat the unlucky kid directly to the hospital, not because of how good James was, but because the little fat man was too weak. He looked like a bully at first glance, but he fell down with a single punch.

But no matter how much Thomson bullied his classmates, he is the one who fell down now. The school will naturally investigate James' fault, and even call the parents of both sides.

Standing in the hospital corridor with his head down, James was startled when he saw the wheelchair moving from far to near.Bruce didn't want to show up with Clark in public, so he thought that Clark was the only one coming this time.

But this time it was indeed Bruce who came, instead of Clark.

Even though Bruce is an old man in his fifties, even though he is paralyzed and sitting in a wheelchair, his calm majesty is still unbelievable. Within a few minutes, James' teacher has subconsciously spoken to Bruce in a very respectful manner.

Thomson's parents only came with a middle-aged woman. She didn't look like a rich person. On the contrary, the calluses on her hands, faded and stained handbags all showed that Thomson's family was poor.

James pursed his lips. He always thought that Thomson dared to be so arrogant because his parents were big shots.

But after hearing the conversations of the adults, he learned that Thomson's father passed away a few years ago, and all the burdens of the family were on his mother alone, and he also had an older sister with mental retardation.

"I know that the relationship between Tommy and his classmates is not very good, and he is under a lot of pressure, so..." the woman hesitated.She is a good person with a somewhat cowardly character, otherwise she would be asking Bruce for compensation now.

It made James feel bad, like he was the bully who was bullying the weak.

Bruce didn't make things difficult for the other party. After talking with the school teacher and Thomson's mother for a while, he readily took all the medical expenses and compensation, and then he took James away.

As they walked home, James hung his head, letting guilt and self-blame torment his little heart.

Clark was waiting for them at home. He pushed Bruce's wheelchair into the room courteously and gently, and delivered the brewed black tea to Bruce's hand, along with a plate of cookies.

Bruce hadn't spoken to James so far, or even looked at him, which made the boy feel even more miserable.There was an unnerving silence in the room, save for the occasional sound of Bruce sipping his tea and eating something.

"I was wrong," the boy whispered, and repeated with a choked voice, "I'm sorry, Bruce, I was wrong."

Clark tactfully ran to the kitchen to get another plate of cookies with different flavors. His blue eyes blinked at James, implying that he would keep going. For example, where did he go wrong?

"I don't regret protecting Rhett today. They shouldn't bully Rhett. But when Rhett told me to stop, I should listen to him. I shouldn't continue to beat Thomson. I shouldn't hurt him. " The boy's voice was full of guilt, "I thought he was a bully, I was too angry, so I didn't control myself."

"So, if it's not Mrs. Lottie who came here today, but two rich and snob couples who are bullying others, do you think you're doing the right thing?" Bruce's voice couldn't be heard, but it was even more disturbing.

Clark hurriedly shook his head behind Bruce, but Bruce suddenly turned his head and glared at him. He immediately stood up straight and obediently filled the other's teacup with hot black tea.

"I..." James was also confused, and Mrs. Lottie's words made him blame himself, because there was no doubt that Thomson was very pitiful.So assuming Thomson is not that pitiful, what if he is indeed a bully who bullies others based on his family background?Will he still berate himself for beating him into the hospital?Or maybe Bruce was just telling him not to hit him so hard?

"Then according to your logic, those murderers who have unavoidable difficulties should be sympathized, and those criminals who have a bad nature of bullying should be beaten to death?" Bruce continued to ask.

"I...I don't know."

"Then you have to figure it out for yourself." Bruce put down his teacup, and moved the wheelchair back to his room without looking back.For several days after that, he didn't talk to James normally. Although the teaching time was still unshakable, he refused to gossip with James except for studying.

It's not that James didn't want to go to Clark, but he always patted the head of his good man at home, and said helplessly: "This time you have to figure it out yourself, it's very important, kid. Besides, with Bruce's temper, if you know me Help in the dark, and we'll both be screwed. And with his IQ, he'll know."

In desperation, James had no choice but to find little friend Rhett, his only good friend. Although Rhett seemed to have a strong emotional intelligence, at least he was a little genius!

"Why did you hit Thomson?" Reid asked blankly after hearing the words.

"Because he's a bully?" James muttered

"I asked why did you fight him in the first place?"

"It's not to save you!"

"After that you saved me, why did you still hit him? Especially after I stopped you and he couldn't fight back?" Regardless of Rhett's usually unreasonable appearance, his problem was really bloody.

James bit his lip and said sullenly: "Because I want to teach him a lesson, he has always been a bully."

"Because he hit you before, so you want revenge, so why didn't you hit him before?"

Because I couldn't beat him before, and then I was able to beat him as my skills got better and better, so I went to revenge, so I... James was startled suddenly, and then lowered his head even more frustrated.

"I'm a bully too, Rhett. To save you, or to teach the bully a lesson, it's just an excuse. I beat Thomson for revenge, because I want to beat him, I'm better than him so I can beat him, He offended me again... I am a bully, just like Thomson, I bully others because I am a little stronger."

Little friend James was extremely depressed. Reid stared at him blankly for a while, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "But I think you are different from Thomson. You saved me. At least you did it to save me at first." of."

Well, this comforted him a little bit, but James was still very disappointed.

Also, he didn't know how to tell Bruce that he was a bully little bastard too?Tell Bruce that he shouldn't have asked someone to teach him taekwondo, he should just let himself get beaten, at least it won't hurt anyone else!

He knelt by Bruce's wheelchair that night, whispering all his dirty little thoughts.

James didn't even dare look up into Bruce's eyes, didn't dare imagine his eyes.What he did was more than disappointing, he was a little bastard, a badass reserve.

At the end of the boy's speech, he could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes. He lowered his head and cried silently: "I was wrong, I'm sorry, Bruce, I'm a bad person, you can throw me away."

"Don't cry, Jim." A handkerchief was held out in front of him.

Bruce looked at the eight-year-old child kneeling beside him and crying, as if he had done something heinous and would be taken to execution the next moment.After all, he is still an ordinary child... he thought to himself.

The Robins in the past didn't like to shed tears, maybe because they didn't like to show weakness, or because of Gotham's characteristics, everyone in Gotham knows that tears have no effect, it will only make the strong stronger. Look down on humiliating yourself.

Although he said he didn't want to train James to become Robin, subconsciously he still scolded the child with the requirements of Robin.

Bruce reached out and touched the boy's hair, and said in a low voice: "Even if you are really a bad person, I can't throw you away. Since I adopted you, you are my responsibility. Unless—"

He stopped and said no more.

Bruce thought of Jason, even if the other party turned into a red hood, he never thought of giving up on Jason.But he gave up on Damian, and he may never forgive Damian for what he did.

"There are always people in this world who are stronger than others. It is not amazing to use power, but it is truly admirable to know how to restrain one's power and not use strength as an excuse to hurt the weak." Bruce calmly said Sheng Sheng continued: "It's not wrong for you to protect your classmates, but you shouldn't lose control of your temper and hurt Thomson without seriousness, because that's not your goal, and you let anger control you instead of reason. "

Finally, he helped the boy up, and said with a little helplessness: "But you are not a bad person, Jim, believe me, I have seen real evil, but you are definitely not one of them, and I will not allow you to be one of them." one."

The author has something to say: The author has something to say: The perpetrators of many campus bullying incidents are not all powerful and powerful, just like the little fat guy Sam once met in "Supernatural Power".For James, this incident is an opportunity for him to correctly establish his three views: what is the real strong and what is the real justice.

And I always feel that whether you become a bully because of power or you are forced to vent your pressure on others because of poverty, there is actually no big difference, and it should be stopped.