Anti-Hero Lola [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

Laura held the wine glass happily: "Thank you, and credit Al."

"Of course, young lady." The tuxedo saluted with a smile.

Artemis came back within a few minutes. She led Lola into a long corridor and opened another door. Lola thought that Al was going to take her to meet the "middleman", but Al turned out to be She brought out the bar.

"Where is the person?" Laura held the wine glass, "It came out?"

"He's already met you," Artemis reminded, "the bartender."

"But he also..." Too young!

"Don't guess his age casually, he is a magician." Artemis said, "He admires you very much. And your code name."

"And then?" Lola asked. "Is there anything else I need to do? How can he contact me?"

"Don't be too happy, you have just passed the interview, there is still a probationary period. After the probationary period, he will establish a long-term relationship with you-you are a pure newcomer after all." Artemis showed a little dissatisfaction With a kind smile, "Just like what all newcomers need to do, dear Laura: contribute a wonderful first show."

Laura looked at Artemis: "Isn't it wonderful that I beat you twice?"

"...No! Forget it!" Artemis gritted his teeth.

Laura curled her lips and drank "Carmen" in one gulp.

She smacked her lips with a delicate expression.

The transparent part of the glass is slightly pungent, while the red dress is sweet.

Lola had to admit that she had lost interest in Batman.

That guy has been fighting against the underground laboratory that he failed to break through almost every day.

Since Wayne bought the hotel, there has been no movement, and it seems that he has forgotten it. Laura intuitively thinks that Bruce is not the kind of person who spends money carelessly in the rumors.

There was still some flamboyance in his spending and spending, but Lola didn't think he was clear enough when he was shopping.

After the opera that day, she grew close to Bruce Wayne, who was a lot of fun and had a good sense of size with a little girl of Laura's age.

Laura liked him, too.

You can't help liking a guy who keeps trying to give you jewelry, especially if his reasons are always so soft and appropriate, he's giving you an expensive gift, but always acts like you don't take it from him , On the contrary, it would break his heart.

- It would be better if he didn't put a tracker in the jewelry.

He only let it go once and never let it go, but Laura still reluctantly refused all the gifts from Bruce.

She doesn't even have to think about the reasons for refusing Bruce's gift, age and gender are the biggest reasons... But Laura is very clear that Bruce doesn't regard her as a peer at all, and the gift is purely, how to put it, playboy style cause trouble?

——He is used to giving gifts to women.

Lola thought Bruce Wayne was an interesting person.

His strange desire to control is on the one hand, and his actual performance that does not match his reputation is on the other hand. The most interesting thing for Lola is that Bruce has been persuading her to leave Gotham.

"This city isn't for you," he always said to Lola, softly and worriedly. "You're for Metropolis, or Central City, or New York."

— as if he had surrendered to the rot of Gotham a long time ago.

— but it is unreasonable.

——The wealth and energy he invested in Gotham City, well, maybe not a lot of energy, but the wealth he invested alone is already a large enough number to feed several small African countries.

Lola couldn't believe that Bruce didn't know he'd spent all that money on Gotham.

While it seems like the general public doesn't think about it, no Gothamites are aware of what the Prince of Gotham is secretly doing for them (btw Lola thinks the title 'Prince of Gotham' is stupid, luckily the media doesn't call Bruce that often), But Laura is very good at drawing correct conclusions from a lot of wrong data and confusing news.

Bruce Wayne's ambivalence intrigued her.

Or to put it another way, Bruce Wayne's ambivalence struck her.

... No, this statement also seems too ambiguous.

Bruce Wayne's ambivalence felt real to her—yes!This is it!

The authenticity of this game world has already far exceeded Laura’s expectations. No matter how real the world background is, there will be some omissions in details, but although the world background of this game is weird and unbelievable in many places, such as those frequently appearing The superhumans don't really change the political landscape of the world much, and they always fight on their own, but in more places, in terms of the big picture and more tiny, small, personal details, it's so delicate that it's creepy .

Bruce introduces Laura to Timothy Drake, who temporarily lives in his house.

It was mentioned lightly after Laura once again said "I will leave Gotham but not now".

"I told him about you, he was very curious about you, and Tim is a curious kid," Bruce said to Laura, "He might come to you. Don't be too surprised, it will encourage His arrogance is gone."

So when Laura ordered a cup of coffee in an outdoor café, and it came with a well-groomed little boy, she didn't seem surprised.

Black hair, blue eyes, a pretty face, and a quick wit from head to toe.

He looked a little rude, but Laura was not angry.

"Hi," she said, looking at the little boy who would just reach her chest if she stood up straight, "My name is Lola."

"You can call me Tim," said the little boy, rolling his bright blue eyes a few times. "I've heard Bruce talk about you."

"I guess so," Laura said. "He talked about you too."

"Smart, serious, keen, with strong observation and learning ability, able to control one's own thoughts and behaviors," Laura thought, and refined Bruce's central idea, "And you are so kind, he always It’s about worrying that he’s not going to make you the kind of person you’re supposed to be—someone who’s really nice and has a good life.”

Tim's eyes widen for a moment, but he calms down quickly and points out, "That's not something Bruce would say."

"That's what he said." Laura held up the coffee cup to hide the smile on her lips. "And now I see you. Your family is really interesting."

“Bruce is not my father,” Tim said. “I just live with him and have his custody because my parents are away all the time.”

That's not the way you look, Laura thought.

——The Bruce family is really interesting.

Laura decided to have a good talk with Tim, and understand the situation in their family from his perspective. The little boy should be better than Bruce, right?

For such a long time, the impression of Bruce Wayne in Laura's heart has changed again and again, from the good-looking old man at the beginning, to the most famous brainless playboy in Gotham City, and then to a boss. He is a wealthy young man who is doing good deeds but is never understood by others. Perhaps this wealthy young man will be labeled as persecution paranoia... Do you think this is the end?No, it is not.

The further back, the more Laura discovered from Bruce.

His habitual duplicity, his never revealing his true feelings, the mask he put on his face for a moment when he talked about his family, and when he talked about his sons—adopted sons, with full Proud, proud and sad, all while trying to contain these expressive tones.

At first, Laura thought that the development of Bruce's character had a lot to do with his childhood.

The tragedy he experienced at the age of eight was never a secret, it was written on the first row of Wikipedia.

What happened to him after that became a lot more blurred, but there are still many popular speculations. The most widely spread is that the tragedy that happened at the beginning was not the whim of the gangster at all. The conspiracy of the Wayne family, in order to protect the young Master Wayne, the most loyal butler of the Wayne family sent him to be raised by reliable people.

Laura is noncommittal.

She also didn't pursue the mood of Bruce's mysterious past in detail. Although the Bruce that aroused her desire to explore now was shaped by those pasts, she already knew the most important part, and that was enough. She didn't need to Seek too much.

——Bruce is already her friend, and of course the attitude towards friends cannot be the same as that towards strangers.

At this moment, the young little Tim was sitting opposite her, holding a cup of Americano coffee without milk and sugar in his hand, and staring at Laura with curious eyes.

——his character is too similar to Bruce's.

Just as smart, just as keen, just as good at observing, just as good at hiding himself all the time.

And it's the same, never willing to speak well, insisting on others to guess their thoughts.

"I know that Bruce is like another father in your heart. He is the person you respect and admire the most. The degree of respect and admiration for him is deeper than your attitude towards your biological father," Laura said. Staring at Tim, turning the porcelain cup in his hand thoughtfully, "Do you know that your attitude puts a lot of pressure on him?"

But this pressure also gave Bruce a lot of motivation.

He's the kind of guy who grows calmer and more powerful in times of great pressure.It's so obvious.His playboy appearance is undoubtedly an external image, a shell to escape from the real heart, hide and protect himself.

So does Tim.

—Are the rich people all over the world like this, or is it just the rich people in Gotham, or is it just the people in Bruce's family?

"He told you that?!" Tim raised his voice, then calmed down in Lola's smile, "You—"

The author has something to say: Thank you, Miaoxue, for throwing a landmine!