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

On Christmas morning, April opened her eyes in a daze around six o'clock, and she jumped out of bed like a fish thrown ashore.

On the plane, she wrapped all the gifts she bought in London in wrapping paper, and Jason helped her tear off the tape and stick them on.

Before going to bed last night, she put the Christmas presents for others under the Christmas tree next to the living room.Other people's presents will also be placed there, and they have made an appointment to open them together on Christmas morning.

In addition to the Christmas socks stuffed with candy in front of the fireplace, Alfred also hung long socks around the Christmas tree that people couldn't wear.Gifts from Santa Claus will be packed inside these stockings with Christmas prints.

Alfred provided stockings for everyone, and there were a few socks with tags on them that had the names of Titus, Ace, Alfred the cat, and Batbull.

Ai Puli washes up in her bedroom and opens the windows for ventilation.The sky is a thin gray, and the hidden Christmas presents cannot be hidden in this light background, and can only hang precariously on the top of the city.

She looked around, but didn't see Damian who was doing morning exercises and Afu who was trimming the garden vegetation.

April trotted downstairs, and Damian stood by the Christmas tree, stuffing presents into Titus and Ace's stockings.The socks of Alfred Cat and Bat Bull are bulging, and I don't know what Damian picked for them.

Ai Puli's socks were also bulging. She took off the socks curiously and reached into them, "Did you put something in my socks?"

"No," Damian denied, "make no mistake, I'm not your Santa Claus. I only give rewards to my loyal subordinates."

Damian only gives gifts to dogs and his zoo members.Ai Puli selfishly felt that this sounded a little pitiful, and the title of King of Dogs sounded weird.

She thoughtfully kept this thought in her heart, "Is that from Ah Fu?"

Parents like to tell their children that the presents in the Christmas stockings are from Santa Claus.Ai Puli knows that it is a gift from an elder who loves the children, it may be father, mother, or grandpa or grandpa.

She got a beautifully crafted nutcracker in her Christmas stocking, which was heavy with something else.Aprily pulled out another little girl in a tutu.

A dark figure approached her silently from behind.

When Aprile happily put the Nutcracker and the doll of the little girl Mary together, the black shadow suddenly attacked and stretched out a pair of big hands to lift her up high!

"Dad!" Ai Puli opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"Before I left, we went to see the Nutcracker ballet together." Dick tossed the little girl who was as light as a croissant into the sky, and he easily caught the giggling Aprilie, "I Think you'll like this."

"Thanks Santa," she said cheerfully. "I love this. When did you get back?"

"Last night, I slept for four hours." Dick put Aprily down. "Wow, I have something in my Christmas stocking too. Let me see what Santa Claus, the richest man in Gotham, will give me."

"You're very happy," Damian said calmly, every arc of his eyebrows raised gloating, "Obviously, you don't know what happened yet."

Aprily stepped on Damian's plush slippers, her blue eyes narrowed and a light flickered.

Damian sneered, "It seems that some people want to make some futile efforts."

"You're so annoying," April said, and she stuffed the Christmas cookies made by Ah Fu on the table into Damian's hand, "I won't talk to you in 3 minutes."

"Childish," said Damian, picking up a cookie in the shape of a Christmas tree and filling it into his mouth.

Dick ignored the children's pettiness and took out a car key from his Christmas stocking.

He hummed a strange tune proudly, and twirled the key ring on the car keys with his fingers, "I really want to see my new girl, I hope she is blue spray paint."

This car must have been given by Bruce, and April thought again, "If Bruce will give you a gift, who will give Bruce a gift?"

Dick raised his chin and motioned her to look at Bruce's Christmas stocking, "Afu has already prepared it." He smiled, "Bruce and I prepared a gift for Afu, and I put it in Afu's Christmas stocking when we came back last night .”

Santa is not alone, there are many Santas in this family.Dick is Aprily's Santa, and Bruce is Dick, Damian, Cassandra, and many others.And Afu, he will send Bruce a gift from Santa Claus.

They were not the first group of people to get up, Ah Fu was already busy in the kitchen, preparing the first big meal of Christmas.

Dick goes to help him in the kitchen, and April and Damian sit on the couch and watch a corny Christmas talk show.

Damian hands April a card.

"Christmas card," Damian casually looked at the face of the female talk show actress with an exaggerated smile, "don't expect me to write disgusting greetings on it."

Ai Puli opened the greeting card, of course there was no blessing in it, and there was not a single word in it.

On the back of the greeting card, Damian drew a sketch in pencil.He is very good at drawing, and with a few rough strokes, he outlined a vivid Ai Puli.The greeting card shows Aprily holding Alfred the cat.

"Thank you!" Ai Puli rolled her eyes, "You draw really well, I'm so happy."

"It's just a return gift," Damian snatched the last Christmas cookie in front of Aprily, "It took three minutes."

The gift that April brought from England was given to Damian last night. She bought Damian a box of colored pencils.The sketch on the greeting card was drawn by Damian with that box of colored pencils.

"It's amazing," Ai Puli held the greeting card and looked at it again and again, "I can't draw well."

Ai Puli has many interests and hobbies, including many hobbies that are not suitable for children to regard as hobbies.She has been studying ballet with Cassandra for a while, and now she can hum the tune of dance music softly by herself.

The people resting outside returned to the manor one after another, and Ai Puli opened the door for them several times.

As soon as she opened the door, Stephanie picked her up and sat her on her arms.The spoiler is a very thin girl from the outside, but compared to ordinary people, this family is a freak who can fight.

She kissed Aprily's cheek and gave her a big suck, making Aprily fall back in terror.

"Good morning, April girl, you're back from London!" She walked in with April in her arms, leaving all the things to Cassandra to carry, "I've followed your news in London, I heard you got Appreciated by SI:[-] agents."

More than just paying attention, Stephanie saved more than a dozen videos of Tim's live sleeping video and uploaded them to the cloud.Now except for Dick and Bruce who are kept in the dark, everyone in the family has a share, and Ah Fu has it all.

"Johnny is great," April said. "Tim said he wouldn't want to work with him next time, and neither would Jason."

"But I think his little agent toys are very interesting." Ai Puli's eyes lit up, "I want a lot of little toys in the future, and put them all under the pillow."

Stephanie smirked, "What if it can't fit under the pillow?"

"I'll build a special warehouse to store them." Aprili nodded seriously.

"You're really Bruce's granddaughter," Stephanie laughed. "Did you know your grandpa had at least one armful of weapons in Gotham? He thought so too."

"Wow." Ai Puli opened her mouth wide, "Then I can go to him to learn experience."

Stephanie said mysteriously, "Then you have a lot to learn."

There was one more person sitting on the sofa watching the old talk show, and Stephanie went to help in the kitchen.Alfred is going to eat Christmas breakfast and lunch in one meal, so the meal is well prepared.

Half an hour later, Barbara came with a prepared gift.Brunch is served and there are three pigs in bed.

Stephanie let out a sinister laugh, and she and Cassandra exchanged a knowing smile.

Several people crept up the stairs, and the first target was Tim who was closest to the stairs.

Stephanie mused, "Do you think Tim wears pajamas when he sleeps at night?"

"He sometimes wears a nightgown, as far as I know," said Barbara. "He's a dainty boy after all, and it's winter again."

Stephanie took it very seriously. She walked to Tim's bed, took out her mobile phone, and began to report the stock price of Wayne Group in real time.

Tim woke up on the spot. He reached out and fumbled for the tablet next to him in the chaos, causing merciless laughter from the people present.

The anger of being teased was of course directed to the next person, and Tim mercilessly tore off Jason's blanket in the next bedroom, allowing Jason, who was wearing only a pair of boxer shorts, to chase him up two floors.

It was Bruce's bedroom turn, and this time it was Dick's lead, and they crowded together in front of Bruce's bedroom door, waiting for Dick to open the door.

With a creak, the door opened.

Bruce sat on the head of the bed, wearing a silk nightgown, looking expressionlessly at the pile of heads in the crack of the door.

With a creak, the door closed.

A bunch of heads were scattered outside the door, and no one wanted to provoke Batman, whose eyes were full of disapproval.

After the brunch, it was time to unwrap presents. Everyone sat around in the lobby, tearing open the gift wrapping.

Aprily gave a lot and received a lot.

Bruce gave her an Irish whistle.What Ah Fu sent was a big hairpin with a bow, which can be stuck on the braid.

Barbara sent a new pair of ballet shoes.Stephanie sent a crooked scarf, which she knitted herself.

Cassandra's gift was a practice dress.Tim sent three small exploration robots, a little bee, a little spider and a little puffer fish.

Jason bought a Christmas-limited cake, and in the cake box was a water gun made into a real one.The sketch card was a return gift, and Damian prepared a plush bunny doll, Nancy's sister named Eve.

Dick's gift is the most special of them all, a gift from the universe.

It was a transparent rose, floating on a stone, emitting fluorescence quietly.

"It's the shell of an alien creature," Dick said.

"It's so beautiful." Aprily opened her eyes wide, and the transparent rose bloomed in her eyes, stained with a touch of blue.

"Does it have any meaning?" she asked, holding the stone.

"It doesn't make sense." Dixon leaned his arm over and put it on the back of the sofa behind Aprily. "It's just beautiful."

He smiled at Aprily, "Whether it is meaningful or not, as long as it is a beautiful thing, I will share it with you."

He leaned over and looked at the flower-like biological shell with Ai Puli, "Whatever you have seen and what you have never seen, as long as I have it, it is yours."

"But it's going to be troublesome," April said.

Dick laughed, "Of course it's troublesome. In order to exchange it, I helped those alien creatures drive away their natural enemies."

He rubbed Aprily's hair, "But who made you my baby, little troublemaker. I'll do anything for you, without you paying to hire me."

"However," he said seriously, "it's not impossible if you are willing to pay the hard work."