[Zhongyingmei] How difficult is it to become a reliable adult

Jonathan has a healthy and complete family, and he is a child watered with love from this family.

Aprily doesn't talk about it, but she enjoys the harmonious and free family atmosphere of the Kansas farm.

The nun was hopeful that the longer April had been in contact with the Jonathans, the more likely she would be adopted.

She agreed with April to stay here until Monday morning, and give Jonathan's dad a ride to school.

Damian left early, he left, and Jonathan's dad Clark arrived at the farm on the back.

Clark and Jonathan are somewhat similar in appearance, especially the airy little curly hair on the forehead and the bright blue eyes that are as inclusive as the sky.

If Jonathan was a bed of straw warmed by the sun, Clark was the sun itself.He has a majesty that is so huge that it is terrifying, gentle and cruel, fiery and explosive.

Man depends on the sun and at the same time fears his energy.

Aprili was a little curious about him, but it was rude to keep staring, so she held back her gaze.

But Clark's expression gradually became weird.

Unlike the others present, he had met Dick as a child, had become his friend since Dick was a child.

Therefore, he noticed April's appearance at a glance.

She was somewhat similar to Dick when she was a child, except for the slight difference in skin color, April's facial lines were softer, and the blue eyes were lighter.

Clark instantly connected Aprile with the identity of "Dick's daughter" in his mind.

He couldn't help smiling wryly. Dick hurried to Gotham in a panic. Who would have thought that the person he was looking for was in Clark's hometown in the countryside?

Clark's first instinct was to call Dick and tell him to come over quickly, or he could pick him up.

He resisted the urge to take out his mobile phone at the dining table, and kept a gentle attitude to answer the family members' words, while carefully observing Ai Puli.

He carefully discovered that Ai Puli eats very quickly, which is closer to "eating" than "dining".

Louise has stewed curry tonight, and the soup pot sits in the center of the table so that those who add food can help themselves.

When Ai Puli ate a third of the food, there was only white rice left on the plate.She glanced at the soup can just as Martha was reaching for the spoon inside, her arm in front of April.

Ai Puli lowered her head and began to pick up the rice on the plate.

Clark wanted to sigh, knowing that Dick would be sad to see this.It has nothing to do with whether Aprile is his daughter or not.

"Ai Puli," Clark said with a friendly smile, "there's still a lot of curry, don't you want to have some more?"

"I..." Aprily paused, "Thank you."

She stood up and was about to reach for the soup spoon. Clark took her plate and added half of it to her. "Do you want some more?"

"That's enough, thank you." Aprily sat down with a plate.

She always puts honorifics on her lips, and the most words Clark heard from her during this meal was "thank you".

Perhaps, Clark realized, she wouldn't be happy to see Dick here.

He almost missed the point, he didn't ask for her opinion.

After dinner, Clark finished cleaning the dishes in the kitchen. He took off his plastic gloves and saw Aprily sitting on the small bench on the porch.

This is a great opportunity for conversation.He sat down next to her, "Where's Jonathan?"

“He went back to his room to get his Walkman, and we wanted to listen to music on our walk,” April said, and Clark noticed her wringing her fingers.

She was a little nervous.

He didn't think much about it, and attributed it to his shyness when facing his friends' parents, so he took the initiative to bring up the topic, "Ai Puli, there is something I think I should tell you."

Facing the suspicious gaze cast by the girl, Clark tried to slow down his speech so that she would have time to react, "I might know your father."

He hurriedly explained before April's eyes widened, "This has nothing to do with Joe, it's just that you look a lot like him."

He whispered, "Our two families are family friends. Your father's adoptive father is my best friend. We have known each other since your father was a child."

Aprily clenched her fingers.She suddenly understood the connection.

Jonathan is friends with Damian, the younger brother of April's dad.

She thought Jonathan and Damian knew each other because they both went to Westside School.

Now it seems just the opposite. They are able to go to the same school because their parents know each other and both are friends.

April's father had never appeared in her world before, and it seemed that such a person did not exist in this world.She only got a vague, distant shadow in her mother's mouth.

From the first day she stepped into Xicheng School, suddenly, she was surrounded by people related to her father.There seems to be a thin film between them, and now someone has torn this film off forcefully.

She kind of wanted to see him and didn't want to see him.

Ai Puli hadn't decided how to answer, Clark said, "If you don't want to meet for a while, I will contact him."

He smiled at April, "You need a little mental preparation, and so does he."

He saw Ai Puli's nervousness and hesitation, and he laughed, "He is a very good person, but this is also his first time being a father, and he is simply confused."

Hearing that someone was more at a loss than herself, April's sense of urgency was relieved a lot, "You know him very well."

"Of course, I helped him with his homework when he was a kid." Clark winked at Aprily, "Don't tell Joe."

"—Don't tell me anything?" Jonathan ran out the door with his Walkman, and looked around suspiciously, "Are you talking about me behind my back?"

"No." Aprily affirmed.

At least I didn't.She affirmed in her heart.

After a relaxing weekend at her Kansas farm, Louise drove her and Jonathan to school on Monday.

Clactolouis told her that she could tell Damien when she was ready to meet.

April had been thinking about it all night, and she suddenly found herself accepting that she was about to meet her dad without knowing it.

She didn't seem to reject him as much as she thought.

She has no intention of telling Ms. Jones and the nuns about it for the time being.

The information technology class is still taught by the new female teacher, but Aprily knows that this time it is the real female teacher who is teaching the class, not her father's brother in disguise.

Clark kept his promise, and for several days, April didn't see anyone related to her father except Damian and Jonathan.

Maybe it's time to meet him, she thought.

Before she had time to ask Damian to help convey it, another person seemed to appear beside her.

At first, she was just on the way to the biology classroom when she noticed that someone was watching her.

In fact, with Ai Puli's reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance skills, she can't find other people's tracking or surveillance.

It's not a skill, it's her ability.She can always feel something very subtle.

This time she saw a star, the last star at the end of the night when dawn was coming.It shone so brightly in the night sky, with the salty sea breeze, that Aprile couldn't ignore it.

The star left a deep impression on her, every time it appeared, Ai Puli could capture it accurately.

By the third time she felt it, April felt the gaze in the crowd after school, and she turned without hesitation and walked in the direction her intuition indicated.

Dick felt that as a father, he might indeed be a bit unreliable.Not only did he go to the wrong place because he missed the news of Damian, but he even heard about April's anxiety about meeting him from Clark.

"You don't have to be in a hurry," Clark said, "During this time, you can make good preparations and try to make a good impression on her."

Dick was a little dazed. He had missed the other people's meeting with April, and now all the findings were on his desk.

All he can do is turn over the pages of information, review it, and recall whether he has encountered a woman who gave birth to him in his past life.

Unfortunately, April's looks didn't evoke any memories for him.The girl's previous living conditions also indicated that the lady had no love for her at all.

Dick was annoyed that everyone knew his daughter better than he did, that even Stephanie could say a thing or two about her.

The confusion gave him a splitting headache, and he began to understand Clark's state of mind when he first met Connor.

This is indeed a difficult thing to accept, he did not make a good change in identity.

"It's hard," Clark said, "but you're going to do better, I have a hunch, Dick."

Thanks to Clark for his reassurance, Dick was not so depressed that he bumped into a wall.

He wanted to see the girl—no, not the girl, it was...his daughter.

He wants to see her, he wants to know her, this is human nature, this is... the responsibility of a father.

Concerned about April's unwillingness to meet him, Dick decides to put on a little disguise.

It's not difficult to sneak into Westside School. Dick politely declined Tim's one-step skirt and black stockings, and stepped into the school under the false identity of a librarian.

Stephanie was right, Aprile was a very visually sensitive child.

This is not the state of a normal child.

Children are always observing and judging. They have the broadest mind to accept new things, and they are always in the process of acceptance.

April, she is also observing and judging. Her scrutiny is not a curious look, but a kind of self-protection.She was in the crowd, but she didn't feel safe, so she could only face everything with the most vigilant attitude.

Dick, he felt bad.

Whether Aprile was his daughter or not, a child shouldn't have to worry about being harmed.

He couldn't resist staying in Xicheng School as a librarian for a whole day, purposely bumping into Ai Puli several times on her way of action.

Damian noticed this, and he came over to remind Dick while he was arranging books in the library, "You're likely to be discovered by her."

"I admit that my mood is unstable now," Dick revealed half of his face from the middle of the pile of books, "but it's not to the point where I'll forget all the tricks."

"It has nothing to do with skills." Damian said, when the class bell rang, it was time for him to go. "It's one of her talents."

Damian was a man who wouldn't speak without being absolutely sure.He sometimes looks lawless, but that just proves that many times he thinks he can't fail.

If he said that, April must have other secrets.He moved a little more carefully, and only a little.

He had planned to catch one last look at Aprily from afar when she was out of school.

The little girl with a bag on her back mixed with the big troops after school and walked towards the school gate.Because she had just transferred to another school and she was alone, Dick couldn't help but take another look.

At this moment, Ai Puli raised her head and looked this way quickly.Di Keming knew that he had made a good disguise, but still bit the inside of his cheek in embarrassment.

He saw a very complicated change in Ai Puli's expression, the corner of her mouth curled downward.

Dick wanted to smile a little, the gesture was very similar to him, and he probably learned this subtle expression from Bruce.

A singular, cross-blood resemblance.

In the next second, Ai Puli walked over aggressively holding the shoulder strap of her schoolbag. Dick wanted to sneak away from the side, but Ai Puli changed her direction right after her.

Things got into an absurd situation, he was cornered by a six-year-old girl in an unoccupied corner.

Dick waved stiffly and smiled dryly, "Hi, good afternoon."

The girl with a fierce expression suddenly became obedient, her eyes were awkwardly refusing to look at Dick, "Good afternoon."

Dick fumbled in his pocket, racking his brains for something to talk about. "Uh, would you like some chocolate?"

Aprili frowned sharply.

Dick didn't know what was going on.

He searched for words, found an energy bar that he snatched from Tim in the corner of his pocket, and handed it to Aprily flatteringly, "Are you hungry, you can fill your stomach first. Do you want ice cream, I know There is a nice store nearby."

Ai Puli's eyes turned from awkwardness to confusion, and from confusion to speechless.

Holding the energy bar Dick gave her, she stood in a corner with him for a while, staring wide-eyed.

Ai Puli asked from the bottom of her heart, "Is there no other food in the world besides chocolate, energy bars and ice cream?"

Of course, Dick thought to himself, and pizza and hamburgers, which worked really well against Tim and Jason.