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

Three fairy godmothers, Hua La, Jade and Lan Tian, ​​stand side by side on the stage, with pink, green and blue headbands and pointed hoods covering three faces with different expressions.

This photo was printed by Stephanie, one copy was put in the family album by Ah Fu, and one copy was given to Clark.

Another copy was secretly taken away by Ai Puli, which is a secret that Damian cannot know.She clipped this photo into her fairy tale book, thinking about buying a small photo album with her pocket money in a few days.

She had been waiting for Dick to come back, and Dick had been in England for a long time, and she had a lot of things to say to her father.

Aprile lay on the bed, rolling from side to side with Ms. Nancy in her arms.

Although she and Dick were on the phone every night, there was a difference between talking on the phone and face-to-face, and April preferred to sit next to Dick, even better if he didn't poke her forehead.

She lay on the bed and made a wish that Dick would come back early tomorrow morning.

The object of the wish is sitting on the Batplane at the moment, half an hour before arriving in Gotham.

The vacant space behind the driver's seat was used by him to stack presents, which contained black tea for Ah Fu and chocolate for April.

Dick was not a person who was considerate enough to bring souvenirs before. They had gone on missions too many times. He should think about which star in the sky he has not been to.

Too much experience is sometimes a loss of feelings, and it takes a lot of patience to restore normal perception.

This is the disadvantage of vigilante families. They are used to expressing their feelings in different ways from ordinary people, and injuries and violence become trivial.

But Dick knew that, in fact, all the people in this family longed for ordinary happiness and inclusion, otherwise they would not occasionally be disappointed in their lives and find themselves making a mess of everything.

April's arrival is a fresh start, a sign of good fortune.

She is too fragile, and everyone is willing to protect and care for her.This girl is a seed, and when watered with love and care, a young sapling will grow.

Then they discovered that this family was never a violent institution born to maintain world peace.

Families are not alliances.They don't come together to fight against something, they come together to support each other, so they choose each other.

A very simple truth, which they sometimes forget.

Dick turned on the autopilot and turned on the phone.On the screen of the phone is a classic photo snapped by Stephanie, godmother of three Arlos.

It took Dick half a minute to re-stitch the photos so that he could enjoy them as a screen saver anytime.

Dick admired the new screen saver for a while, sighing in his heart, this is the meaning of his life.

He guessed that the photo had gone viral at the speed of the family, and maybe a document was hidden in Bruce's confidential folder.

He couldn't wait to get home.

Dick had been in England for a long time, and by the way he helped Tiger King with a few small tasks.

For a brief moment he wondered if he had been in England too long, and his purpose had not been substantially advanced.

But soon the thought rolled out of his mind like a leaf blown by the wind.Even the memory of ever having this idea was forgotten in a corner.

April found Dick at the dinner table the next morning, yawning and slicing a fried egg with a knife, looking like he was still awake.

Aprily cheered a little, jumped on the dining chair next to Dick, "Good morning, Dad."

She reservedly distributed the small tomatoes on the plate to Dick's plate, "Eating more vegetables is good for your health."

"I haven't seen you for a few weeks, and you've become a lot smarter." Dick praised pretendingly, and picked up seven or eight small tomatoes from the fruit basket shared by everyone and piled them in front of April.

"Eat it, you're welcome, the child is still growing, and the adult has passed the puberty period."

The plan failed, and Ai Puli frowned, and depressedly ate the small tomatoes that did not decrease but increased.

But she soon thought of happy things again, and secretly showed off to Dick, "Jason helped me measure my height yesterday, and I have grown taller!"

She proudly puffed out her chest, "I'm already a one-meter-tall girl!"

This height is the level that the school physical examination doctor has to look at twice more.Considering April's genetic defect, Dick poured her a glass of orange juice as encouragement, "You are only a short distance away from success, come on."

Ai Puli's goal is not high. If she exceeds 13 meters before the age of 1.3, she will be considered a victory.It just so happened that Damian finished his breakfast and was doing morning exercises outside, and he couldn't hear the father and daughter secretly arranging for him.

Dick started another conversation over breakfast. "I heard you saw..." He didn't really want to mention the name. "Your mother, are you feeling okay?"

Ai Puli talked about the orange juice that went with her breakfast, "It feels good."

She swayed her legs on the stool, like a moving doll, "I thought I would be very scared, but when I actually saw her, I didn't feel scared."

Dick smiled. "You're brave."

April thought for a while, "It's not because I've become brave, it's because I know Jonathan is right behind me, and Damian is on his way."

"Even if all three of us are taken away, you will definitely keep trying to find us and bring us back."

The girl blinked, "I used to be afraid of her because I knew I had nothing but her. If I disappeared, no one in this world would care about me."

Ai Puli looked left and right, and poured another glass of orange juice while Ah Fu was not paying attention.

"Even in the orphanage, I'm not the special one. No, I should be special."

Ai Puli thought, "A normal six-year-old child would not think as much as I do. But in the hearts of the dean, stewards and nuns, every child in the orphanage is a treasure, and I am just one of them."

Her body was not as long as Dick's legs, and she had thought a lot about it.Luther gave her the ability to think beyond ordinary children, and fortunately gave her time to grow up.

Ai Puli doesn't need to be like Connor, who has to face an extremely complex world and explore her own way of survival from birth.

Dick also secretly poured himself a glass of orange juice, "But Dad also has many important people in his heart. Didn't you say that my heart is a house."

It's a harsh topic, not appropriate for a child of April's age.But Dick asked inexplicably, "Are you worried that I didn't choose you because of other people?"

"Then I will be very, very angry." Aprily said seriously, "Not only will I beat you up, but I will also ask Damian and Jonathan to come and beat you up."

"After the beating, I won't be angry anymore. Being angry is not good for my health." Ai Puli said.

She kicked Dick under the table, "But you sure won't abandon me, won't you do double choice questions?"

"If I faced the same problem, I wouldn't choose you." Aprily said seriously, "I choose both, I want both."

Dick reached out and ruffled her hair, "It's a good solution, but I won't be angry if you don't choose me." He said complacently, "After all, I am a considerate father."

Aprily tried to free her head from her father's clutches, "You messed up my hair, I managed to braid it!"

"It's okay, I can tie it for you." Dick was full of confidence, "I learned how to tie a ball head with my secret agent friend in England, and I can definitely do it this time!"

A tall and straight figure flashed behind the father and daughter like a ghost, and the old voice trembled, "Before this, I remember that there was still a whole bottle of orange juice on the table, right, Master Dick, Ai?" Miss Puli?"

Both hands point to each other at the same time, "It's Dad/Little A drinking!"

Afupo's meaningful eyes swept over the two heads, "It's the first time I met you, I'm very happy, citizens of Atlantis, it turns out that you can fill your stomach with drinking water."

The father and daughter shuddered subtly at the untouched waffles on the two plates.

Afu nodded slightly, "Master Dick, there is a dark creature living in an underground cave, and I hope you can go over and talk to him. As for Miss April."

He raised his eyebrows, "Let's tie your hair up first, and then we'll go make another glass of juice together, for those Mr. Pigs who haven't woken up yet."

"Okay." Ai Puli obediently jumped off the stool and flattered her, "I can help wash the fruit."

"You know Alfred has started complaining about you being a shadowy cave-dweller?" Dick jumped down the last five steps, and he just didn't like to take the usual route.

The cave creature turned around from the experimental bench, revealing a face that had been up for at least three nights, "There is no effective news from the British side."

Affirmative.

Dick hesitated for a moment, his thoughts paused briefly, and then replied, "No."

Bruce glanced at him, then looked away calmly.He backed away half a step, so that Dick could see the red crystals placed in the transparent isolation box, "This is what Luthor wants to give us."

"What's wrong with him?" Dick complained. "I thought a bald man would at least be more straightforward. He made a big detour and asked A to go on a trip, just for that?"

"I've looked for him." Bruce said succinctly, "In short, this is what a psychic needs."

He frowned, "It's the bones of spiritual power."

"Bone?"

"The strength of a psychic's ability is determined innately," Bruce said, "it can only be mastered through exercise and practice, and cannot be improved by these two methods."

"There's another way," Dick realized, his pupils dilated, "like A devouring her mother's psychic powers, cannibalism."

Bruce nodded, agreeing with this conclusion, "That's why she asked Luthor to create A. A is not only a spare body, but also a material."

Dick pursed his lips tightly, clenched and loosened his fist, and finally released it restrainedly, "Anyway," he said with a cold face, "she's at the end, we won the two confrontations, A's ability has completely won passed her."

"There was no follow-up to the two confrontations. We couldn't find any trace of her, and even her information was incomplete." Bruce closed the isolation box and let it sink to the vault with the crystals.

He had been secretly looking at his adopted son, and finally decided to strike first, "Dick, did you really find nothing in England?"

"You think I'm hiding..." Dick's words suddenly stopped, and his pupils shrank.