I almost ruled the world

Brianna was firmly placed by Clark on the empty ground near the apartment. With a blushing face, she took off her clothes and patted the dust that didn't exist on it, and then returned it to him under Clark's gaze.

"Thank you, it's very warm."

Before Clark could answer, Brianna raised her wrist and glanced at the time displayed on the watch. It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon.

She continued to ask cautiously, "Are you off work?"

Clark shook his head, "Not yet, but I will as soon as possible."

Brianna, who hadn't heard it before, was a little disappointed at first, but when she heard the second half of the sentence, a smile appeared on her face immediately.

"Then I'll wait for you to go home and cook something delicious for you." Brianna's eyes shone brightly, full of anticipation.

Clark curled his lips, then nodded.

"..."

"..."

For a while, there was nothing to say.

He was about to leave when Briana seemed to struggle for a moment, then suddenly took two steps in his direction.

Clark was a little puzzled when she opened her arms and gently embraced him, leaning her head against his hot chest.

Briana heard his powerful heartbeat, but also felt the stiffness of his body.

"Brianna?" He frowned in some resistance.

"——I'll just hug me for a while, just for a while." She said with difficulty in a hoarse voice, "I just miss my adoptive father. In the past, the adoptive father who hadn't discovered that I had extraordinary powers had also desperately defended me. I, love me, but then..."

Brianna didn't continue talking, but when she felt the other person's body relax a little, she thanked her, "Thank you, Clark."

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked up at him deeply with a pair of crystal clear eyes, and Clark could even see himself staring at her from the bottom of her eyes, "I will never let you down again. "

……

Brianna came to the kitchen in a good mood, and she was sure that from today onwards, things would gradually start to look different.

Thinking of this, she felt that she had to reward their dear Semantha, after all, she made it all happen, didn't she?

Maybe tomorrow will be a nice day.

Even so far, Brianna has not been able to give her a "big gift".

But it was easy for Brianna to do the few things that made her miserable.

Only that's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is still Clark Kent's attitude, which is the key factor in determining whether Brianna can continue to rule the world.

But she also knows that even if things gradually change, Clark Kent has extremely high moral requirements on himself, and it is absolutely impossible for him to fall in love with himself who is still underage.

With more than a year to go, Brianna felt that time was too long, but couldn't help worrying that things would not go as she thought.

What should she do?

Just as he was about to pick up the spatula, the sound of the door opening happened to come from outside.

Maybe she was a little distracted, but the star of butter in the frying pan suddenly splashed on the back of Brianna's hand, and she let out a low cry subconsciously.

Clark went straight into the kitchen, "I heard your voice from outside the door, are you okay?"

Brianna didn't expect him to come back sooner than she expected. Brianna put her hands behind her back and lowered her head, trying not to let him see her reddened eye sockets, and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing, It's just a splash of oil. I'm always careless, and I'm used to it."

As she said that, she turned her head and put on the two thick gloves hanging on the oven, and prepared to solve the problem directly and simply.

Regardless of Clark's hesitation, he looked at the frying pan in front of him, buried his head and wanted to continue turning the lamb chops.

Yes, it is not wise to directly pretend to be wronged. Sometimes pretending to be nonchalant can make the other party care more.

Sure enough, Clark looked at Briana and frowned again.

But Brianna had perfectly solved the problem at this time, and it would appear that Clark was making too much fuss if he asked again.

Indeed, it was just splashed with oil, which is a very common thing.

However, she seems to have been doing everything by herself all the time, without anyone else's help.

Even if he was bullied, he didn't want to disturb his work.

Clark couldn't help but think of her adoptive parents at this moment.

She is only 16 years old this year. What kind of parents would allow such a girl to face various problems so skillfully?

A happy child is not so mature that he cannot see a trace of childishness.

Not even wanting to rule the world.

Brianna turned off the fire and looked at Clark, who was in a complicated mood, with a more obvious smile.

She picked up the two lamb chops that had been placed on the plate, and asked pretending to be ignorant, "Aren't you hungry? Or have no appetite?"

Clark let out a long sigh, "I'm sorry, Brianna...I shouldn't have asked you to do this, it should have been my responsibility."

"It's okay!" She quickly argued, looking at the man in front of her seriously, "I like to cook, especially for me...for my friends who I care about."

The second half of the sentence is meaningful.

But Clark pretended not to hear the hint.

"Christmas is less than two weeks away." Clark lowered his eyes and changed the subject. "I think maybe you would like to see Martha. She said on the phone that she wanted to see you very much."

"Of course!" Brianna looked very happy, "Compared with the Metropolis, I think I still prefer Kansas!"

Just worried that Clark might misunderstand what she meant, she explained, "Of course it's nice to live with you, but usually we can't speak a few words, and the people here are too indifferent... When I get back to Kansas, I'm afraid You can complain to Martha about your usual bad habits!"

Brianna raised her eyebrows triumphantly at him, "Should you bribe me to let me say less bad things about you in front of Martha?"

"what do you want?"

"A birthday present."

"birthday present?"

"Although I was already several months old when my adoptive parents picked me up, Clark, this Christmas is my No. 17 birthday on earth."

Yes, Clark Kent.

Let go of those defenses and moral shackles in your heart.

Brianna Byers is turning 17 soon, and she's only a few months away from becoming an adult if her actual birthday is counted.

She struggled to see the dirty, dark emotion she expected to see in Clark Kent's face.

But to her surprise, when he heard that his birthday was coming, he only seemed a little surprised.

"Oh." Instead, Clark gave her a faint but sincere smile, a look Brianna had never seen before.

Even when she was an ordinary girl, Brianna had never seen such expressions on the faces of her adoptive parents.

Later she realized that their blessings were more like loving themselves through her.

It's a pity that even that smile and blessing are gone now.

Now she can only drag on in a small apartment in the metropolis, flirting with a man she hates so much.

But the ridiculous thing is that this man, Clark Kent, is the only one who is willing to bless her.

What a pathetic Brianna Byers!

"Then, I'll save 'Happy Birthday' and presents for that day."

"Thank you, Clark."

But she doesn't need to.