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

So far, April has met three uncles, including Damian, and aunt Stephanie.

According to Dick's description, there are several uncles, aunts and various people related to Bruce who have not been able to come back to see her.Many of his friends don't even know about April's existence.

It will take a long, long time for her to truly integrate into this huge and complicated family.

Ai Puli felt a little nervous, which contained anticipation.

She and Damian stood guard at the gate of the manor to welcome Barbara who came down to the manor to help her check.

Titus and Ace chase Sa Huan and play hunting games on the lawn not far from them.April pokes at Damian's arm.

The latter squinted impatiently over.

"What kind of person is she?" April asked. "Stephanie said she was easy going."

"I don't understand why you're nervous?" Damian held up his hands, "The status quo is that you are not at risk of being packed and thrown out of Wayne Manor."

Ai Puli looked around carefully, and quietly approached Damian with a serious expression, "I heard from Jason that Barbara and my dad were in love."

She made a fierce and serious expression, "The nuns say that love makes people lose their minds."

Damian's expression was indescribable, "Less contact with such boring things will help your poor life."

"Okay." Ai Puli stood back obediently.

She thought aimlessly that the examination might be painful, and she might have to shave her hair off.

She wanted Barbara to like herself a little more, so that the checkup might not be too uncomfortable.

She has some basic common sense in dealing with people, and knows that single men with a child alone are not very popular in the love market.

Dick was obviously the kind of guy who was popular, and April hoped that would offset that.

There was a car driving towards the manor far away on the other side of the road.Wayne Manor is located on the edge of Bristol County, and the road in front of the manor is rarely trafficked.

April tiptoed to see if Barbara had arrived.

When she saw a familiar car, Ai Puli cheered up instantly, and put aside her reverie just now, "Joe!"

The car stopped at the gate of the manor, and Jonathan jumped out of the passenger seat. He waved to Clark in the driver's seat, "Thank you, Dad, goodbye!"

With a small basket on his shoulders, he kept getting through the gate of the manor that was being pushed open automatically, without looking back at Clark who was backing away.

"I brought you grandma's apple pie!" Jonathan cheered. "It's still hot, it's really delicious!"

Ai Puli and Damian quickly surrounded the past.The three heads got together, and there was one or two lukewarm chokes from Damian among the twittering.

They completely forgot the little seriousness just now, turned and walked towards the mansion.April remembered and turned her head to wave to Clark.Clark heard what she said.

"Good morning! Bon voyage!" she said.

Clark watched the children go away with a smile, and started the car to turn around.A motorcycle sprinted in the opposite direction of him towards Wayne Manor midway.

They passed by each other within a few seconds, the car slammed on the brakes, and then a drifting turn that made people's blood pressure rise rapidly, and reappeared in front of Clark.

Clark subconsciously parked the car. The driver put one long leg on the ground and took off his helmet. The first thing that attracted people's attention was her bright long ginger hair.

The girl shook her head, her red hair spread out, "Why don't you go to the manor, Clark?"

"I sent Joe to play at the manor. He misses Alfred's ribs very much." Clark showed a hearty smile, "You scare me, Xiaoba, do everyone in your family drive so casually?"

"As far as the device supporting my spine is concerned, this level is more than sufficient." Barbara casually hung the helmet on the handlebar, "Come on, Alfred sure doesn't mind one more person at the lunch table."

"No, I have an appointment with Louise today," Clark said reservedly, "Are you here to see Aprily? I saw her in the manor."

"Yes, I have an agreement with this girl." Barbara smiled, she was carrying a cycling bag, which was full of a large bag of things, "I don't know if she will meet me at the door, I rode got a locomotive and wanted to be a cool aunt."

Clark recalls the scene when Joe returned to the manor with Damian and April.He realized that the two children didn't know that Joe was coming today, they were waiting for Barbara.

Clark comforted with regret and sympathy, "You may not be able to wait for them. But trust me, you will always be the coolest, Xiaoba."

April hid half of her body behind Damian, she whispered nervously, "Is she not angry?"

Jonathan dutifully blocked the other half of her body, hesitatingly said, "Shouldn't it? She doesn't seem very angry."

Damian looked like he was about to throw the two of them out one by one, his forehead was throbbing with veins, "How long are you going to play house?"

"But you also forgot her." April pointed out sharply, "Damian, we have to apologize together."

"I think you want me to throw you into the lake in the back mountain to wake up."

Damian is really going to do it, he really won't be soft on this little carrot, "Do you think the super baby can run with you before I throw you into the lake?"

"You wouldn't do that, would you?" Aprily tugged at the hem of Damian's shirt.

She looked at Barbara, who was sitting on the sofa and smiling with her chin in her hand, and summoned up her courage, "We should apologize. She even came here on a motorcycle, but we didn't see her cool side."

Damian said impatiently, "She's always been cool, you can see it anytime."

This couldn't stop Aprile's determination, she bravely stood up from behind Jonathan and Damian, and walked towards Barbara who was sitting on the sofa.

Barbara had been watching the three of them for a while, and she could hardly help laughing.

"Where did you bring an angel back?" she asked Dick, who was leaning on the back of the sofa. "It's easy for the uninformed to have too good fantasies about the tempers of the Graysons."

Dick rubbed his nose, "This is definitely not the first sentence I've heard."

"Yes," Barbara raised her lips, "after all, the list of candidates is—long."

Dick wanted to bend down and bow to her.He knew it was going to end, and Aprily's mum, whose parentage was a mystery, would be the No. [-] Bat-joke of the month.

Likely to be back-to-bat joke champion of the season.Dick will wither from it.

While they were talking, Aprile emerged from behind the two friends and approached Barbara cautiously.

"I'm sorry, we forgot to pick you up." April said guiltily.

She rummaged in her pockets and found a handful of candy and snacks.She was wearing a pair of overalls today, and the small pocket on the chest was great for holding things. Jason almost helped her steal half of the snack tray in the living room.

She piled the candy and biscuits onto Barbara's lap, "I'll give you these. Eating sweets will make you feel better."

Barbara couldn't restrain the smile at the corner of her mouth at all, she tried her best to suppress it, and coughed lightly, "But I don't like sweets very much."

She asked, "So what are you going to do?"

Ai Puli's expression was serious, and there was a hint of heroic determination in her tone, "Then how can you forgive me?"

It wasn't Barbara's fault, certainly not hers.What is Barbara doing wrong again, she just wants to be a cool aunt.

She reached out to Ai Puli, holding her in her arms as easily as picking up a blue shopping basket in a supermarket.

Then she gave Aprily a kiss on the cheek, loudly, viciously, and with a frowning Damian frown.

Aprile suspected that she was going to suck half of her face off.

The little girl was put back on the ground, her expression became empty and she gradually became dazed.

This was the first time she was kissed, and she didn't know that being kissed was such a terrible thing.

Jonathan and Damian whispered in the distance.

Jonathan: "Ella's blushing."

Damian: "Hiss, disgusting."

Ai Puli raised her hand to rub her kissed face, and looked at Barbara with the eyes of a frightened little animal.

Barbara pulled her backpack contentedly, "This is what you said, you can do anything to apologize."

Ai Puli was about to say that she didn't say that, her attention was quickly attracted by the things in the backpack.

Barbara pulled out some beautiful hair ties and waved to Aprily, "Come here, I'll tie them on for you."

Ai Puli hesitated for only a few seconds, and the beautiful brightly colored hairband conquered her, and she was willing to risk being kissed again to lean over.

The breath on Barbara's body was very warm and full of vitality.She was unlike anyone April had ever met, bruised and alive.

She is a tree, no matter what kind of suffering she experiences, she can find her place and grow branches wantonly.She has a pride and character that no one can take away from her.

This kindness and tenacity moved Ai Puli, and she couldn't help but move closer to Barbara.

Barbara deftly tied two bows on her two pony tails with a headband, and led her to look at the contents of the bag.

"I heard Dick say you like dolls very much, so I brought you a teddy bear."

There is also a bracelet with a gray cat head, and Barbara is holding it in front of Aprily's eyes, "Your father is not a very careful person, he must not remember that girls need to be well-dressed. "

The head of the gray cat turned around in front of Ai Puli, just when Ai Puli was about to reach out to grab it, Barbara withdrew her hand, "I hid a little thing in it, and the position of the necklace can be confirmed through the software .”

She took out her mobile phone and taught Ai Puli to run this positioning applet, "Look, this way we can easily find your location in the future."

"You can decide whether you want to wear this bracelet or not. If you don't like it, I will give you another one."

Ai Puli thought for a while, then whispered, "But this cat is very cute."

Barbara helped her put on the bracelet, and she watched Aprily shaking her hands happily, and couldn't help but rub her hair.

She has this little habit, she likes to hug some soft animals into her arms, rub them and hug them.

"Little A, can I call you that, okay?" Ai Puli looked up at her, "Halloween is coming soon, I heard that West City School will hold Halloween activities. I will help you measure the size, and when you decide to dress up I'll start sewing clothes for you."

Barbara felt a little unbearable, but it was necessary. She was the most suitable person in this family to stand up and mention this matter to Ai Puli. "Before that, let's go underground and do some inspections, shall we?"

April knew what Barbara was here for, "Okay." She nodded.

It's bright in the elevator.

Ai Puli took Barbara's hand, and the elevator went down slowly. After a few seconds, the elevator door smoothly moved away, revealing the dark world belonging to adults behind.

The place seemed to absorb all light sources.

April looked up, and there were many bright eyes in the darkness of the cave ceiling.They looked at April quietly, and she couldn't help but squeezed Barbara's hand and moved closer to her.

Damian and Jonathan were walking behind her, and Dick came down the other way and was now talking with Bruce and Jason standing in front of the computer with the huge screen, one hand propped on the table.Beside him is Ah Fu who is busy fiddling with the instrument.

"Are you afraid?" Barbara asked. "Actually, you won't be afraid after you get used to it. Damian can still play games with the bat computer."

The person involved let out a "chi" from behind, "It's as if no one else in this family has done this before."

"But the bat computer has a huge screen and a good network speed, which is really cool." Jonathan echoed in a low voice.

For some reason, everyone unconsciously lowered their voices after entering this underground space, as if they were afraid of waking up the bats perched on the top of the cave.

Aprile tugged at Barbara's hand. "Do I need to shave my head?" she worried. "Is there something in my head that makes me shave my hair off?"

Barbara thought she was pitiful and funny, "No, you won't be able to use beautiful hair accessories if you shave your hair, and you won't be able to wear nice braids."

She picked up Aprily and walked up to the lab table with her.Both Damian and Jonathan stopped in their tracks consciously.

Compared with the entire underground cave, this small experimental area was too bright, so bright that Ai Puli had to squint her eyes to see clearly what was in front of her.

She held one of Barbara's fingers uneasily, fearing that it would affect Barbara's basic examination, and then slowly released it, "Will this examination take a long time?"

"It won't be long, little A, you'll be over as soon as you sleep." Barbara helped her buckle the helmet for testing, and helped her lie flat on the experimental table.

The light in front of her eyes became brighter, and Aprily turned her eyes to see Dick through the gap between Barbara and Alfred.

Dick caught her gaze and smiled reassuringly at her.

April turned her head away.

She wanted to speak, but her heart was beating fast, as if a seed had been buried deep in her brain, and it was about to burst through her scalp and grow out.

Barbara's hand covered the back of hers, which was also rough, but the warmth was reassuring.

She took a deep breath, "We don't do this test if you're scared."

She ignored the winks from other people outside the test bench, "Your opinion shall prevail. We will think of other ways, and I will figure it out."

April turned her hand over and scratched her palm lightly.

"I don't seem to be very scared anymore." Her voice was no louder than a kitten's meowing, "Let's get started."

Barbara glanced at her distractedly, and turned her gaze back to the operating table, "We will test your ability first. After the test, we will use inhalational anesthesia, install a heart monitor and subcutaneous positioning for you. Procedure Soon, let's wrap it up, shall we?"

Row after row of numbers flashed on the bat computer, and the device connected to Ai Puli's head showed them the changes in Ai Puli's body.

Bruce picked up the other helmet attached to the gear.Mind control requires a target and object to be controlled, and he intends to experience first-hand the influence and ways of Aprily.

A hand came in sideways and picked out the helmet in his hand.

Dick held the helmet with both hands, without much expression on his face, he just frowned unconsciously, "I'll do it."

He looked at Bruce. "She's my daughter, and I want to know about her."

This reason is impeccable, Bruce just took a step back so that Dick could lie down on the second test bench, "You know the code, report the code, and we will forcibly terminate the mental link from the outside."

"Then I'll try not to say anything." Di Keqiang cheered up and shrugged, "It's too rude to ask for help."

Over there, Ai Puli has closed her eyes, and all the data on the panel are displayed normally.Barbara whispered, "Ready."

Dick lay down on the lab table, blinking his eyes away from the too bright overhead lights, and put on his helmet.

At first all was peaceful, like a quiet bay.The cold experimental platform under him turned into a small boat, carrying him to the depths of the ocean.

He and the boat moved smoothly and gently with the waves, skimming the giant beasts and the huge shadows that were watching on the bottom of the sea.

Dick didn't know how long he waited until he began to drowsy.Finally, there was a storm on the sea, and the waves got bigger and bigger, and they surged higher and higher.Dick waited quietly on the boat, and a huge wave capsized the boat mercilessly, swallowing him into the sea.

Dizziness, vomiting, dizziness, the wave seemed to hit his mind.

The feeling was unbearable, and no one could stand a hand turning over and over in the brain.

Dick has a lot of experience with mental abilities, and most of them can be summed up in one sentence, "Resist it with your will."

He felt a subtle familiarity. It was not the first time he took that boat, went out to sea, or was thrown into the sea by waves.

Before he could think about it, the hand that was rummaging in his head reached out, grew bigger, and took Dick in it.

He is drawn into the second scene, a deeper and more trivial view, where he sees April.

and a woman.

Elliple, still younger and younger, was kneeling on the ground, dressed only in a white robe.

The woman also wore a white robe and sat kneeling opposite her.The skin on her wrist, where the cuffs were exposed, was mottled, and the gray skin shed like a wall in disrepair during the movement.

From Dick's perspective he couldn't see the woman's face, but he felt for no reason that it was April's mother.

He really didn't know her.

They folded their hands, forehead to forehead.April's eyes widened, filled with fear and panic.

It dawned on Dick that this was some kind of ritual, and a bad one at that.

A wisp of smoke wafted from the woman's eyes and wandered into April's eyes, and tears rolled down those pale blue eyes.Their shadows are connected into one in the light and shadow.

Some scattered information in this scene, which even April hadn't discovered, was captured and interpreted by Dick.

He knew that the woman was invading April's body. She had raised her for so long, and it was time to harvest a durable and fresh body.

Anger flared up in Dick, blazing like a wildfire, warping him along with the nausea.

He wanted to yell, to rush to separate them, to ask her why she did this to his daughter.

But that is what has happened, and in this space, he is just a spectator.

Ai Puli's tears rolled more and more, most of them dripped on the collar of her white robe.All the smoke got in from her eyes, only missing a corner.

She who was unable to move suddenly seemed to have got some kind of switch.The eyes that had been wide open blinked.

Her mother put her own soul into April's body, and also passed on to Aprily her psychic abilities.

Aprile is not a superhuman in the scientific sense.Her abilities are mysterious, inherited from her mother's psychic powers.

She slammed the woman headfirst hard, freeing herself from her hand.Those large patches of gray and white scattered on her body.

She didn't see the woman falling to the ground and twitching, she just subconsciously got into the room, locked the door, and hid herself.

That's why April's mother hasn't shown up until today.

She is dead.

She originally wanted to use Aprily's body to gain new life, but Aprily had mastered her abilities one step earlier, and she kicked her out of her own brain.

So the soul of the woman who lost her place disappeared from this world.

Dick saw the woman's decaying body crumble to ashes on the floor.He stepped over the handful of ashes, approaching the room where Aprile was hiding.

There was no lock in the room. To be exact, there was only an empty hole where the lock belonged to the room.

Dick pushed the door open easily and walked in.

He swept the room, only a small gap was opened in the wardrobe.

Dick moved closer to the slit.

He half knelt down in front of the closet and knocked lightly on the door, "Ding dong, ding dong." The anger disappeared, turning into sourness and softness, making his eyes warm, "Can I come in?"

The door was pulled open a little bit from the inside, revealing two tearful eyes.

Dick forced himself a smile, "Hello, April."

The voice said timidly, "Hello."

Dick held out his hand to her, "Would you like to come with me, this is not a good place."

He sniffled. "Let's go to a big house with a fireplace, biscuits and milk, TV, games and lots of nice people."

"We're not staying here anymore," Dick coaxed patiently, "OK."

The little girl hiding in the closet didn't move, and Dick waited quietly outside.

A hand like a little snail stretched out timidly and grabbed his little finger.

"I seem a little scared, Dad," April whispered. "I'm scared."

Dick pushed open the cabinet door, bent down and carried her out of the small dark place.

"Will you hate me?" She whispered into his shoulder.

"Never," Dick said.

He hugged her up, hiding all his anger and loss of control, and only left the tenderest and best side to this girl.

"I'll take you back right away and pile you up with blankets and hot milk, okay?"

"Okay." A small voice replied.

After a while.

"No hot milk, soda." April unconsciously grabbed Dick's collar and hummed softly, "I want a Coke."