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

Ai Puli was sitting in a cloud-like office chair. She had just been taken to a shower by a blonde girl, and she put on a big T-shirt as a nightdress.

The girl was wearing a purple uniform, she was full of youthful atmosphere, more like a heroine who came out of a youth campus movie than a vigilante.

She is like a flower blooming on a prickly pear, beautiful, bright and full of vitality.If someone wants to pick it at will, she will definitely hit it hard.

She asked Ai Puli to sit down, and wrapped Ai Puli's wet hair with a dry and soft towel, "If you don't dry it in time, you will get a headache. I will bring a hair dryer later, how about it?"

She raised an eyebrow at the person next to her who was making April's coffee, "Can I do this, Mom?"

"Come on," Tim's eyes were hidden under the domino mask, "please let me go."

"I'm just surprised that someone got to the bottom of who you are, a fluffy nagging mom," says showrunner Stephanie.

As she spoke, she took the hair dryer and carefully dried April's hair.

Ai Puli let her move. When she was brought here by Tim, the girl rushed up with a medical kit without saying a word, and half-kneeled on the ground to treat her wound.

The wounds on Ai Puli's head and feet were carefully bandaged. Fortunately, the blow to the head was not to the extent of a concussion.

...No, maybe not luck.But the weirdness in this is the job of the grown-ups, not the injured child.

Tim handed Aprily the coffee, "Drink something warm."

Ai Puli took a big gulp, the bitter liquid without a little sugar made her almost wrinkle her face.

Stephanie yelled over the noise of the hair dryer, "Don't make drinks to your taste, pig, you're committing murder with coffee!"

Tim brought the sugar bowl resentfully, "I just want her to warm up."

The two answered one-on-one, and the originally stagnant atmosphere gradually became more relaxed.

April was wrapped in layers of blankets into a small bundle.Her damp hair was dry and warm at the moment, and the coffee in her hand smelled bitter.

April's cold hands and feet finally began to warm up a little bit.

She whispered the first sentence since arriving here, "...Thank you."

"You're welcome." Stephanie found two rubber bands in the corner of the drawer, she squatted in front of Aprily, and put the two rubber bands in front of her, "I'll help you tie your hair, and we'll make a beautiful braid. "

"A cute April girl should have cute braids," she tilted her head, blonde strands spilling out of her hood. "Do you want this little flower elastic, or this star elastic?"

Ai Puli's pale face gradually returned to rosy, she pursed her lips, and her voice was no louder than a mosquito, "It's from the stars."

"Okay," Stephanie walked behind her, brushing Aprily's hair gently, "wait a few minutes, I'll do a magic trick for you."

Because of this sentence, April sat obediently in the office chair, waiting for Stephanie to comb her hair.

Stephanie is a magical girl who brings her out of her panic and anxiety with ease.

Tim was busy on the sidelines, and Stephanie not only helped Aprily braid her hair, but also helped her pin a row of pearl hairpins. I don't know where she found these little things.

The door opened from the outside, and the sound of dull footsteps and wet rain made Aprile tremble.

Stephanie pushed her braids back to her chest. "Here I am." There was a steadying force in her voice.

Dick walked in, he was drenched, his wet T-shirt stuck to his body, and the undissipated anger was squeezed between his brows and the corners of his mouth.

When his eyes touched the dazed Aprile, he paused, forced himself to restrain his emotions, and squeezed out a smile, "Hey."

He stepped forward, stretched out his arms and hugged Ai Puli into his arms weakly, "I didn't bring candy, will you forgive me?"

Aprile put her arms around his neck, pressing her face against his chin.

She crossed the threshold of endurance in the commotion tonight, and let out a very unbearable sob.

The voices of Damian and Jonathan were outside Dick's arms, and they were exchanging information with Tim.The three of them discussed in a low voice, as if they didn't hear the movement here.

Stephanie gave them enough time to calm down, and patted Dick on the shoulder in disgust, "Go take a shower quickly, and don't get the rain on her."

Jaw clenched, Dick nodded at them.Stephanie wiped the water stains on Aprily's face and arms with a handkerchief, "Do you want dessert, we can order a takeaway."

The voices of the discussion over there increased, and it seemed that there was a dispute for some reason.Jonathan glanced back at April, and winked at the other two, "Keep your voice down, Ella is still here."

Stephanie held Aprily's hand, "Ignore them, let's go to another room."

She took Ai Puli to order a small cake in the next room. She originally wanted to use the computer to coax Ai Puli to play games, or watch a few episodes of "Ladybug Girl".

But Aprily showed a greater interest in how to use a computer, and Stephanie taught her a little bit about using a computer.

They were in the room and could not hear the conversation outside.

Damian raised his hands, "You have to bring her back, Ye Yi, this is no longer your personal problem, it's about the family."

"For the first time I agree with Robin," Tim said. "We still don't know why the Joker chose her as a target."

He frowned, feeling troubled by the situation, "Those two nuns worked in the orphanage before we met her. Melinda has always been the clown's subordinate, and Anna was brainwashed by the clown after she entered the orphanage. According to them Said they didn't know who they were targeting at first."

"It means the Joker has his eye on her before we do, and we don't know if he's targeting her because she's your daughter or because she's special."

He said bluntly to the ugly Dick, "If it's the former, we don't know his source, and if it's the latter, we don't understand what's special about Ai Puli."

He shrugged. "We're passive."

Dick put his hand on his forehead and exhaled, "She doesn't trust us that much yet, I don't think asking directly will get an answer. But I will try to make her willing to be under our protection."

He looked up, "Thank you, Red Robin. If you hadn't been monitoring her situation, we might not have arrived in time."

"You're welcome," Tim finally put on a relaxed smile, "You saw it too, she summoned Superboy."

He sighed vaguely, "The option to ask for help excludes Robin."

He gets a kick from Damian.

Jonathan scratched his head, "Actually, I think..." His words swirled around in his mouth and spit out, "She didn't particularly reject you."

"She is just afraid that after accepting you, she will return to a person's life again."

Everyone present was silent.Damian looked left and right, and the balloon made a sound like a leak, and laughed at everyone present, "Useless nonsense, the problem is to ask for her opinion."

Tim took off his mask. "I'll tell."

Jonathan's eyes widened, "Eh? Eh!" He was puzzled, "Are you going to confess your identity?"

"You don't think she doesn't know who you are, Baby Joe?" Damian said coolly, "I thought you were pretending not to find out, it seems that I made a mistake in overestimating you again .”

"Damian!" Jonathan was distracted as expected, "You already knew that, didn't you, but you never told me—"

Dick pressed his brows, "I'm sorry, I'm...not suitable to meet her now."

The hostility in him could not be suppressed at all.At the thought of those disgusting eyes fixed on his daughter long ago, he couldn't control his anger, and the urge to destroy rose again and again.

Dick is not a very tempered person, he just holds back his tantrums most of the time, thanks to Bruce's years of "don't talk nicely" training.

Bad joke, Dick thought, he wouldn't carry that pattern with him and Aprily.

Tim pushed open the door of the room, and he nodded to Stephanie who looked over, who raised her eyebrows tacitly, patted Aprily's head and walked out.

He sat next to April, watching April jerkyly running a little program that Barbara had written for fun.

"You're very talented," he said abruptly.

Ai Puli let go of the mouse, "I've never used a computer before."

"It's amazing," Tim said. "I understand how you feel. Sometimes it makes us feel like we can do anything."

April turned to look at him. He was in uniform, but he had taken off his mask. His young and handsome face looked like the photo in the news.

It's not like that either.Don't look at the appearance, just feel it based on temperament, they are like two different people.

"Apple," Tim said carefully, "I know you haven't fully accepted us, but the Magdalena Orphanage is no longer a safe place."

He asked, "Would you like to move out and live with Dick, your dad?"

April pinched her fingers.This was a small action she was used to. When she started to hesitate and think, she couldn't help but twist her fingers.

Tim didn't treat her as a six-year-old child, but analyzed with her from an equal position, "The other party's target is you. If you move out of the orphanage, the children and nuns in the orphanage can also be safe. And we is capable of protecting you, and I swear we will do everything we can."

Aprily bowed her head in silence as she buttoned the print on Stephanie's T-shirt over and over again.

Tim waited patiently, and after a while he heard the girl whisper, "Sister Anna, she used to be fine."

Tim asked, "Do you like her very much?"

"She will take us to church on Sunday," April said, lost in memory. "Usually she will tell us stories from the Bible."

She was sad, "She was fine until I came."

Anna was brainwashed by the clown.Tim took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, his tone was gentle, "It's not your fault," he emphasized, "People will change, April, it has nothing to do with you."

April lifted her face, her eyes were lighter than Dick's, blue glass beads that were almost transparent under the light.

She asked, "Then you will change too?"

"Some things will change," Tim said calmly, "Some things won't." He put his hands on Aprily's shoulders, "What we have to do is to make things change for the better, not for the worse. "

"Is that so?" Ai Puli lowered her head, she seemed to have made an important decision, "You want to contact Ms. Jones."

Tim breathed a sigh of relief.

She agreed.

He reached out to Aprily, "Timothy Drake, Red Robin, please advise."

Aprile held his hand, "April Magdalena, nice to meet you."