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

April didn't get to drink the Coke that Jason stole from the refrigerator for her, and she was going to sneak Dick out for a minute.

She and Dick lay in bed for a while, until April fell asleep, and when she woke, Alfred had dinner ready.

Only she, Bruce, Dick, Jason and Alfred are present for dinner. Damian's dinner will be settled in the metropolis, and he and Jonathan will go to Gotham for the second half of the night patrol after patrolling.

April was a little disappointed, she thought Damian would be back.

The dining table was filled with dishes carefully prepared by Ah Fu, and the adults maintained a reserved dignity on the dining table, talking in low voices amidst the sound of knives and forks rubbing against each other.

April sat next to Dick, Dick sat next to Bruce, and across from them were Jason and Alfred.

The dining chairs here are too high for April, her toes barely touching the ground.When she ate something delicious, she couldn't control herself from shaking her toes subconsciously.

Bruce and Dick seemed to have forgotten the quarrel in the morning. They occasionally answered the conversation at the dinner table, which was mixed with the discussion between Jason and Alfred.

Ai Puli is not interested in the topic of their chat, and concentrates on the food, fighting against the table full of delicious food.

She was completely conquered by Ah Fu's craftsmanship, and happily became a polite little boasting machine.

"I don't know how to describe it to you, but they taste really good." She looked at Ah Fu with little stars in her eyes, almost full of admiration and admiration.

"I'm very glad to be appreciated by you." Afu put the sauce closer to Ai Puli, so that she can get it with a raised hand, "After dinner, you can watch TV in the living room for a while, you don't have lunch at noon Eat something, maybe an extra pudding after dinner."

"Really?" Ai Puli pursed her lips happily and reservedly. She wanted to make herself look elegant and ladylike as much as possible, but the corners of her mouth could not be suppressed no matter what.

Stephanie grasped her taste very well. After dinner, April helped put the tableware in the kitchen, and immediately ran to the living room with the pudding Ah Fu gave her.

She studied the remote control and the screen carefully, trying to find a method that could help her order "Ladybug Girl" on TV from all the knowledge she knew.

Three minutes later, she was still studying the remote control.A large black shadow pressed down next to her.

Jason easily took the remote control in her hand by taking advantage of his height, "What do you want to see, little one."

Ai Puli looked at him eagerly, embarrassed to reach out to grab the remote control in his hand, "I want to watch "Ladybug Girl", can I?"

She glanced at the kitchen carefully, and Ah Fu's figure loomed through the crack of the door, "Ah Fu said I can see it."

During one dinner, she quickly figured out who was at the top of the food chain in this family.

"Oh—" Jason dragged his voice, "But I want to watch the Gotham football game, what should I do?"

He didn't really want to watch the football game, but teasing Aprily was obviously more fun than watching TV.

Ai Puli's suspicious eyes drifted over, "Do you really want to see it?"

Jason raised his eyebrows, "Can't I have some normal and healthy hobbies?"

Aprily grabbed Jason's arm tangledly, and Jason snorted and switched the remote control to the hand that was farther away from her.

Ai Puli ignored his childish behavior, and discussed, "Let's share the time equally, and each of us will watch for a while, shall we?"

The blue eyes gleamed pitifully, "I'll watch an episode first, can I?"

Jason suspected that the father and daughter had some kind of weird blood inheritance. His facial muscles twisted for a moment, and he forcibly returned to normal. "How long is an episode, ma'am?"

Knowing that he agreed, April's eyes lit up even more, "It won't be long." She assured Jason, "Just one episode."

Jason raised his eyebrows, "Okay, let me see how good this movie is."

One big and one small sitting on the sofa in the living room and watching cartoons, this scene has a weird harmony for Wayne Manor.

Dick saw this scene just after helping Ah Fu wash the dishes. He supported his waist with a relaxed smile on his face, "They get along very well."

"She knows better negotiating skills than you did when you were a kid."

Dick turned his head, and Bruce came from the side hall with a cup of black tea and stood beside him, "When you were 12 years old, because you didn't see "Cinderella" on TV, you talked about it with me almost all night .”

He took a sip of his tea and sighed, "All Gotham knew that Batman prevented Robin from seeing "Cinderella" that night."

"Did that actually happen?" Dick frowned. "I don't admit it. I pretended I forgot it."

"I'll remember to send you a full set of Disney Princess movies on your 30th birthday," Bruce promises, "so you don't have to compete with your daughter for the TV."

"Thank you, caring grandpa." Dick's accent fell on "grandpa", and he counterattacked back, "Your 60th birthday, I will definitely bring the most exquisite crutches in Haven."

The father and son who hurt each other looked at each other with a half-smile, and then laughed knowingly.

Dick touched his nose, "I might be too anxious." He paused for a moment, then smiled wryly, "I'm still...immature."

He meant what happened in the morning, their fight in the study.

Dick had expected Bruce to skip this tender subject they were not good at, or to comfort him with a few words of heart and soul.Unexpectedly, Bruce looked at him and suddenly smiled narrowly.

"Do you remember the first time you got hurt as Robin?"

Of course Dick remembered, and frankly, it was kind of embarrassing.

Robin is heroically wounded because he was too busy telling his own pun jokes to notice a sneak attack from behind.

His uniform sacrificed defensive performance for flexibility, and he didn't have Bruce's breastplate that could resist machine-off-guns.

Although Dick was not shot, he also had a large area of ​​bruises on his back and had to lie on the bed for three days.

At that time, Dick was anxious for three days, fearing that he would be kicked out by Bruce soon after he started working.

Bruce recalled, "I didn't fall asleep for three nights, and I would wake up in a nightmare, thinking that I had killed you. Your parents blamed me in the dream, and led their children on a path of no return."

He smiled, "After waking up from the dream, I ran to the door of your bedroom to guard. Ah Fu was frightened by me when he woke up in the morning, thinking that I had slept on the carpet all night."

He patted Dick on the shoulder. "Sounds weird, but you're clearly on my old path."

"Please," Dick muttered, as if he was a teenager again, chirping in Bruce's face, "I'm not in the habit of sleeping by April's bedroom door."

"Yes, you are just squatting on the balcony above her room, shall I send you a blanket to keep out the cold?"

"Because of what happened to Miss Aprily this morning," a voice interrupted, "I think it's necessary for you both to give her a pleasant evening."

Ah Fu appeared behind the two, holding a duster in his hand, "If you have nothing to do, you can watch TV with Miss Aprily and enjoy the rare parent-child time."

Just as Bruce was about to refute, the old man swept his eyes away, and the great superheroes all shrank their heads.April's hunch was right, the pinnacle of the family wasn't the good-natured Master Wayne.

The little girl doesn't know the secret, her wonderful cartoon time is over.She reluctantly listened to the ending song, and handed the remote control to Jason, "Let's watch the football game."

Jason raised his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth lightly, "Let's watch the next episode."

"Aren't you watching the football game?"

Jason lay back on the sofa comfortably, "I'm just curious why they can't recognize each other, hell, the ubiquitous Superhero Staff."

Ai Puli's happiness continues because of the two-person quadrilateral love of Ladybug and Black Cat.There were two more people on the sofa.

Dick and Bruce sat down next to April and Jason with tense expressions on their left and right.

Jason frowned first, then understood, and finally laughed unabashedly, "What a happy family scene, I'm about to cry!"

Ai Puli was seeing the key plot, raised her fingers and gave him a "shh" anxiously.

Two pairs of adult disapproving eyes looked over together.Dick and Bruce put on serious looks.

Jason: "..."

Jason: "Tch."

There is still some time before Night Watch, enough for them to watch three episodes.

Bruce has long passed the age of enjoying the innocence and beauty of cartoons.He fell asleep watching it, looking at the clock on the edge of the living room four times in one episode.

The theme song played again, and he suppressed the thought of yawning, and looked at Dick and Jason, "Should we go?" He hinted tactfully.

Dick's eyes were glued to the screen, "Watch one more episode, there's one more episode left."

Jason "tsk tsk" a few times irritably, "Why can't they recognize it? The voice, hairstyle and body shape haven't changed at all."

"It's as if you can recognize Superman and Clark without special means." Dick said rationally, "It's very realistic."

They discuss it earnestly, Bruce hesitates to speak, and seizes the moment when the intro comes, "Dick."

His father's eldest son has turned back to under ten years old, and will be the same age as Aprily. "One more episode, Bruce."

Bruce was silent, silent.

"Dick," he said cautiously, "don't you think it's a little childish for your age?"

"It's your prejudice, Bruce." Dick disagreed with him, "Ladybug is obviously a smart and brave girl."

Ai Puli agreed with him, "It's not a silly girl, it's Ladybug with both wisdom and courage!"

Jason sneered, "Leave him alone, he's old and his thinking can't keep up with the times."

Under the three people's arguments or strong words, they sat on the sofa and watched another episode.Ai Puli has experienced too many things today, her head is going down and her eyes are about to close.

In a daze of consciousness, he held her head with one hand, "Are you sleepy?" Dick asked, "I'll carry you upstairs to sleep."

Aprily tried to open her eyes wide in a daze, "I haven't showered yet."

"Then wash when you wake up." Dick put her in his arms.

He held Aprile as easily as a doll, and Aprile lay on his shoulders, closing her eyes quickly with the sway of Dick's walk.

She doesn't use the word "Daddy" very much for Dick, and her body shows trust a step ahead of her words.

Ai Puli was stuffed into the quilt by him, and wrapped in a soft quilt into a fat silkworm baby.

She yawned, "Good night."

It was to Dick, who muttered vaguely, "Good night . . . Nancy. Good night, Massimo."

Dick brushed her hair so that the limp hair would not catch the girl's eyes, "Good night, see you tomorrow."

He left the bedroom that Alford meant for April and closed the door.Jason and Bruce were waiting for him outside the door.

They haven't put on their uniforms yet, but their expressions have shifted from a light-hearted, family atmosphere.

"I have something to talk to you." Bruce said, the white moonlight from the window at the end of the corridor could reach his feet, like an invisible black cloak around him, "About April."

April doesn't know she's the center of discussion at family meetings, and she doesn't care if she does.

She slept until she woke up naturally. Today is Saturday and she doesn't have to go to school.Aprily took a shower, changed her clothes and went downstairs.

Ah Fu made breakfast, but only Damian was eating at the table.

He didn't wear the pajamas that shocked April, but sat at the table neatly dressed and enjoying the vegetarian burritos prepared for him by Alfred.

"Good morning, Damian." Ai Puli sat down, and Ah Fu brought her dinner plate, which contained an open sandwich with scrambled eggs and shrimp, with a glass of orange juice, "Good morning, Ah Fu."

"Good morning, Miss April." Alfred took a step back, "You only visited a part of Wayne Manor yesterday." He looked at Damian again, "Master Damian, I think you don't mind visiting One more person on the way to morning exercise."

Damian ate the burrito slowly, and his movements had a kind of elegance that did not belong to the aristocrats, more ancient and calm.His incompatibility with ordinary life is always reflected in all aspects, and Aprily thinks there is nothing wrong with it.

"It's time to introduce you to a few family members." Damian wiped his mouth and jumped off the dining chair. "You need to win their trust and let them accept you."

Ai Puli became serious, and the little girl had a correct expression, "I will."

Damian and Aprile stood in front of the two dogs, which sat solemnly on the ground.

"This is Ace, father's right-hand man, Batdog full of honor." The older dog responded dully.

"This is Titus, obey my orders, he is my partner and subordinate, a reliable and loyal bat dog." The young dog responded loudly, wagging its tail twice.

Damian squatted down and reached out to the two dogs, and the two dogs put their paws on his palms tacitly. "This is April Magdalena Grayson, Grayson's daughter."

He glanced back. "Although she is weak for the time being, I can see that she has unlimited potential."

Ai Puli stepped forward and introduced herself nervously, "Hello, I am Ai Puli."

"They were so serious that I thought the Queen's Commendation Ceremony was held on the grass in front of Wayne Manor." Jason was puzzled, "Who is next, Bat Bull?"

"Cat Alfred is still in line." Dick lay on the window sill, lovingly watching the two dogs on the grass.

Jason frowned at the way his chocolate melted and sticky after being exposed to the sun.Jason took two steps back, determined to hit him a little.

"Did you know that Stade helped Xiaodian apply for a Facebook account?"

Dick, obviously unaware, froze for a moment.

"She added me as a Facebook friend last night, while you and Bruce were chattering." Jason gloated, "By the way, Tibbo added it too."

April and Damian are also discussing this.

"I want to add you as a Facebook friend." Aprile took out her mobile phone preciously, "and Joe's."

Damian curled his lips indifferently, he couldn't tell if he was unhappy, he took Ai Puli's mobile phone, and directly helped to enter his number.

Turning to the page of the friend list, besides the portraits of Stephanie and Jason, there is an eyesore.

Damian identified it and confirmed that it overlapped with the head of some unlucky guy who was listening to a boring morning meeting at the company.

Except for Damian, there are three avatars in the list.

With a blank face, he clicked "Delete" without hesitation.

Now only two remain.

Jason also deleted.

And a Stephanie.He was about to repeat the above actions, but Ai Puli hurriedly grabbed the phone, "This is impolite, Damian!"

She tries to add Tim back, fails, "Tim's going to be mad."

"Come on," Damian held up his arms, "That electronic monster won't be troubled by such things. His veins are filled with coffee concentrate and electronic chips."

He changed the subject calmly, "Giotto, let me ask you, do you want to have a group event with us on Halloween?"

Ai Puli, who poked her phone in vain, looked up, "Are there still groups for this event?"

"No, it's free activities, it's just that it's safer to move in groups." He brewed a cold sneer on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't spit it out.

A little trouble.

"Okay, do we have any dress code?" April quietly put away her phone, and the avatar that Damian had just deleted reappeared in her friend list.

Tim, who remotely operated himself and added himself back, quickly sent her a message, "Damian got your phone?"

"Don't worry about that dwarf, he's just a childish spirit."

Ai Puli thoughtfully turned off the screen of the phone, not to give Damian a chance to see the sad words.

Damian turned a blind eye to her small movements, "Joe said, we can pretend to be the Addams family. I just need a character who can move easily, and the hem of the clothes will not prevent me from kicking my legs."

He seemed to be aware of the resentful eyes shot straight over from the window sill on the third floor, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a playful smile.

"Someone offered to sew your Halloween costume as a gift. She'll come by today and take your measurements."

Aprily blinked dumbly.

"Gordon," Damian said, "she's surprised that you exist." He paused and pursed his lips, "She'll be in charge of checking for you."