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

Dick's home is very different from what April saw in her dream.

Apparently, the new single dad had cleaned up since Aprily was coming to live here.

For a single male residence, the revamped apartment now looks very respectable.

Dick deliberately vacated the study room, added a new wardrobe and a small bed, and made it a bedroom for April.

He still feels dissatisfied, "The place I live in is a bit small. We can change to a bigger house in a few days, and then you can live in a better bedroom."

Ai Puli walked into her new bedroom cautiously, her steps were very light, for fear that the soles of her shoes would stain the floor with dust.

She touched Dick's bunny doll on the bedside, and sat down on the bedside with novelty and care, "It's very good here."

Her eyes were bright, as if she had picked a few stars from the sky and hid them in her eyes, and she was a little shy, "I like this place very much, thank you for the arrangement."

This is April's first bedroom.She slept in the same dormitory with nine girls in the orphanage, and earlier she slept next to her mother, refusing to move every night.

She looked around and could see Dick trying to figure out the little details of the little girl's likes to arrange.

Her bed sheets, quilt covers and pillows are all strawberry patterns, and there are several dolls next to the pillows, and there are a few unopened books on the bookshelf.

Aprily rubbed the long ears of the rabbit doll, "Are we going to live in Bludhaven from now on?"

They left the orphanage, and after dinner at the Chinese restaurant Stephanie had recommended, Tim, Stephanie, and Damian left.

Dick said they had their own business to attend to, and they drove Aprily back to his small apartment in Bludhaven on the motorcycle.

She may not be able to adapt to living in a strange city suddenly.Thinking of this, Dick explained, "Because I'm here... to work."

He used an ambiguous word to describe his nocturnal activities.

After last night's commotion, it was clear to each of them that April had some special little way of identifying them.But subconsciously Dick didn't want to expose that side of himself to April.

He sat on the chair that matched the desk, crossed his legs, and rested his chin on the back of the chair. "After a while, I'll show you around. There are some interesting places in Haven."

When he laughs, he will unconsciously gesture with his hands, as if he wants to describe all the interesting things he knows to April.

"Haven is a tourist city. You can see whales in the port here before, but with the development of the whaling industry, those big guys haven't been close to here for a long time. But it's good to go there to enjoy the sea breeze."

Dick really knew Brudhaven very well, and he talked to April for a long time.

Dick licked his dry mouth until the heavy clouds outside the window settled down.

"It seems like it's been too long," he smiled at Aprily, "Go take a shower, towels and pajamas are in the closet."

After speaking, he consciously exited the room and closed the bedroom door thoughtfully.

Ai Puli's originally straight back collapsed, and she instantly changed from a little lady sitting upright to a soft boiled spaghetti.

She buried her head in the rabbit's ears and rolled the rabbit on her new bed.

The bed was small but soft and the sheets smelled like lavender detergent.

Aprile lay on her back on the bed, holding up the bunny doll.

A dark shadow appeared in front of the lamp in the bedroom, with a chubby body and two limp ears.

"I want to give you a name." She narrowed her eyes seriously, "Because you are a considerate lady, your name is Nancy."

She put the rabbit upright on the bed and found brand new towels and pajamas in the closet, "Goodbye, I'm going to take a shower, Ms. Nancy!"

"Don't worry," she thought for a while, then put Ms. Nancy on the bed and covered her with a strawberry quilt, "I'll be back with you soon."

Ai Puli originally thought that she would have difficulty falling asleep due to nervousness when she slept in a strange room on the first day, but she just shrank into the quilt after taking a shower, and fell into a dark and sweet dream after a while.

A lot of things happened last night. As soon as she relaxed, she fell into a smooth sleep.

Dick was the one who couldn't sleep.

He leaned quietly outside the door, silently listening to April's breathing in the room gradually becoming more stable and relaxed.

After confirming that she was asleep, Dick opened the closet in his room and took a look.The safe for uniforms is on the bottom floor.

He closed the cabinet door, not going on his daily night watch tonight.

Tim and Stephanie helped him upgrade the apartment's security system.Even so, the defense measures here are far from adequate compared to Wayne Manor.

In fact, it should be a better choice to bring Ai Puli back to the manor.Dick had originally considered this option, but the person targeting Aprily is the Joker, so putting Aprily and Batman in the same building is not a good choice.

The previous few attacks on Aprile were not considered serious, and everyone knew that the clown was preparing a big farce.This madman always likes to order a side dish before the opening, and Aprile is that side dish.

To be the Joker's secret weapon, she's not good enough.According to Bruce's investigation, he has an even crazier play planned in Gotham City.

In this case, it's best to keep Aprily out of Gotham.Dick even considered sending her to a ranch in Kansas, which she seemed to like very much.

His thoughts were too heavy and too much, and all of them were backlogged on his browbones.But Dick was used to carrying a load, and that alone couldn't weigh him down.

Bruce is going to Arkham Asylum to meet the clown tonight, and Dick has a hunch that he will get information, good and bad news can be counted as intelligence.

Just as he was thinking, the alarm "beep" on the side of the window sounded, and the security device was disarmed from the outside.

Dick's eyes sharpened, and then he was relieved. This way of releasing means that the person who came was from within the family.

He said helplessly, "You know that a normal house has such a thing as a gate?"

"Stop talking nonsense, Grayson," Damian jumped in from the window, "This means that the security system that Drake upgraded for you has a loophole, and he should be sent back to school to retake the information class."

Dick shrugged, "He said he hasn't finished it yet, and he will come over tomorrow to add something."

Damian snorted coldly. He crossed his chest and looked at the room Dick had cleaned up. He commented objectively, "At least you didn't let her live in a kennel."

"You hurt me." Dick frowned. "I just don't remember to clean up when I'm busy. I think I'm still a clean-minded bachelor."

"Throw away the pile of bird food in your cupboard first, and then talk about being careful." Damian said bluntly.

Wearing a Robin uniform, he rubbed his dusty boots on the doormat. "She fell asleep?"

"Sleep," Dick said with a hushed gesture, "she's tired."

He pointed to the roof and signaled, "Let's go to the rooftop and talk."

The apartment Dick rented was on the top floor, and the roof terrace was also his.He didn't clean up much before, he just thought it would be more convenient to go home after the night patrol.

Now Ai Puli lives here, and he is thinking about whether to change this place into a small garden and set up a swing.Ai Puli can read a book here, or play.

He remembered again that he planned to move out in a while, and after the clown incident was over, he would take Aprile to move to a large apartment with two bedrooms.

This is not a problem, he can rent another top floor with a roof at that time, and tidy up a small garden for Ai Puli.

Damian crouched on the edge of the roof.This is a very dangerous action, he did it easily and naturally, as if the ground below is not a hundred meters high.

"When are you going to arrange training for her?" Damian asked.

"What?" Dick was puzzled. "I didn't intend to let her train."

His eyebrows furrowed, "She doesn't like night work, little D, I won't force her to join the family business."

"Of course you don't like it." Damian glanced over lightly, "You want her to be an ordinary girl, going to and from school every day, watching TV and playing games, leading an ordinary and boring life."

He gags Dick before he can speak, "Who do you think we are? She has to deal with situations whether she wants to or not."

Damian jumped from the roof railing, "You can't watch her forever."

He took out a Robin dart from his universal belt, and the sharp-edged weapon was as smooth as a flying butterfly between his fingers.

He swung the Robin Dart at his brother and was not surprised to see Dick grab it easily between his fingers.

Damian snorted, "She can't even connect to my dart now."

"I just want her out of our night life," Dick said, pinching the dart. "She doesn't belong in the night."

He squeezed between his brows, "Am I arbitrarily doing this?"

"Congratulations, you are aware of this." Damian said coolly.

Dick sighed. "You reminded me. I can teach her some self-defense. She can learn ballet, gymnastics, acrobatics if she wants, whatever she wants to learn."

He raised his eyes and said sincerely, "Thank you, Damian, thank you for caring about her."

Damian's face was a little distorted, "You are so disgusting."

Dick's face narrowed, he put his arm around Damian's shoulders, to prevent his younger brother from kicking him away, "Admit it, she meets your criteria for making friends, and you regard her as a friend."

"You might as well say that she is Kent's friend." Damian showed disgust, "use more brains and less imagination."

He was about to take out the hook rope and swing from the rooftop as usual, being a cool boy like wind.

An arm clasped his neck and lifted him back in a chokehold.

Dick said innocently, "It's late, brother, you can sleep right here with me."

Damian sneered, "Do you remember why you can't grow taller?"

People who lack sleep may not grow taller.

No one is sure whether they will break through their current height without lack of sleep.But in order to be able to laugh at Tim whenever he wants, Damian viciously acquiesces to this rule.

As for himself, Damian firmly believed that he would one day be a head taller than Jonathan, preferably a head and a half.Shame to death the Kryptonian baby who brags every day that he's a little taller than Damian.

Dick ignored his sarcasm and enthusiastically pushed him home, "Let's go, let's go, I miss you so much, brother, we haven't talked properly for a long time."

Damian pointed out sharply, "It's been less than five hours since we last saw each other."

Dick pretended not to hear, "You can sleep in my bed. You can't come into Aprily's room without her permission."

Like a hissing flat bicycle tire, Damian was held hostage by his brown-bear-like brother.

early morning.

There is an alarm clock on Aprily's nightstand.Ms Jones only took one day off for her, and she set her own alarm clock last night before going to bed.

She rubbed her eyes and pinched Ms. Nancy's big ears in a daze, "Good morning, Ms. Nancy."

She stepped on her slippers and opened the door, wanting to go to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

She stopped in the hallway between the bedroom and the bathroom.

A Damian, wearing a flannel pajamas printed with little bats, was sitting at the table eating breakfast, gnashing his teeth.

Hearing the movement, that Damian looked up, with a stinky face and said in a bad breath, "If you don't remember how to walk, go buy a walker."

His gloomy face was in stark contrast to the cute and soft pajamas on his body.

Ai Puli took a deep breath, completely overwhelmed by the contrasting scene.

In her impression, Damian has always been a cool boy like the wind.

How can coolboy wear flannel bat pajamas?

She must not have woken up—

April stepped back on the spot, and slammed the bedroom door shut in front of Damian and Dick.