[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

"My past self made me who I am now", or other similar-looking ones, who can be seen as relatives at a glance, or literary or emotional short sentences are all emphasizing one thing over and over - what you do at this moment Every choice will affect the self in the next moment. In order not to let the self in the next moment regret it, it is necessary to make the most clear choice at this moment.

Father Todd is not the first "parallel Jason" Jason has encountered, and he remembers briefly exchanging with "Jason Todd" from another parallel universe, where Jason Todd also As a red hood, he conducts vigilante activities, but the number of heads under him can outnumber Jason by several blocks, and his relationship with other bat vigilantes is also very tense.

If Jason, who had just been resurrected and returned to Gotham not long ago, refused to compromise with Bruce and chose to fight him hard to the end, the same scene might very well happen to him.Maybe they are not 100% the same Jason, but each of them has the potential to embark on the path that each other has traveled, the only difference is whether the path is painful or pleasant.

The meeting with Father Todd made Jason couldn't help but imagine what kind of life Jason, who was "neither vigilante nor Wayne", would lead.He has received all kinds of training necessary to be a vigilante, and even Jason has gone through a lot of training that is not very "heroic".Wayne's surname makes him a legitimate heir to a huge business empire that has accumulated through generations.

Just as it is impossible for Bruce to be Batman for the rest of his life, it is impossible for Jason to be the Red Hood for the rest of his life, but after removing the two "main components" of Vigilante and Wayne, which account for nearly [-]% of his life, what is the ordinary young Jason's life? What can be done?Jason asked himself that he was very enthusiastic about Wayne Enterprises' social participation, but he was definitely not made to manage a large multinational company, and he couldn't do it with ten Lucius Foxes.Many people outside think that Wayne Enterprises relies on Lucius as a general, but everyone under the roof of Wayne Manor knows that Bruce will never spend less attention on Wayne Enterprises than Lucius.

"...So, the journey of life is long and difficult. From time to time, you have to re-examine your own growth like this, so that you can take every step in the future with confidence." Jason said slowly, holding a teacup to drink He took a sip and waited for his audience to respond.

Tim, who was holding a laptop, showed a pair of bloodshot eyes from behind the screen. Under the cold light of electronic products, he looked as if he had been up for three days and three nights and would be sent to the hospital at any time. Jason couldn't bear it. Zhu took another two sips of tea into his stomach, cleared his throat and said cautiously: "Well, is it difficult? If it's not easy, it doesn't matter if you spend a few more days."

"No, no, no! I'm almost done, give me another point... No, 30 seconds..." Tim was gurgling words that only he could understand, and it didn't take long for him to hear He let out a sigh of relief, closed his laptop, unplugged the phone connected to the computer and handed it to Jason.

"It's all done, I can't guarantee that your phone will never be hacked from now on, but I have done everything I can, and for the sake of insurance, any suspicious intrusions will be reported to me, I can start from here Counterattack from the far side—but the ugly word is up front, if the opponent is of Barbara's level, I can't guarantee that I can block it [-]%, but I can still do it to remind you."

Although he spoke modest words, but from the gleam of confidence in his eyes, it can be seen that the so-called "ugly words" are just out of the habit of being cautious and not talking too much.

"As for your friends at Stanford..." Tim counted through the tall file folders stacked next to the laptop, pulled out a copy labeled "SW" and spread it out in front of Jason, " Now that the semester has started for a while, it seems that his class schedule for this semester is very—very—full, and he probably has no chance to accompany you to familiarize himself with the living environment. Even if you are registered as a student now, you have to wait until the next semester begins Only then can you formally choose classes.”

Jason looked at the schedule pushed in front of him, a little in disbelief.

It was a lie that he didn't go to college... well, well, he really didn't, but even so Jason didn't think this kind of crazy schedule could be done by a mature and normal person.

Classes start at 07:30 every day from Monday to Friday. Classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday span the lunch time. On Tuesday, three different classes are held consecutively, with less than 30 minutes of rest time in between. , Friday's class is slightly better - he has 20 minutes for lunch!

"I won't ask you where you got the timetable. Are you sure it's okay?" Jason rubbed his eyes to make sure he didn't look at the flowers. Shouting to challenge the limits of college students, "Has this credit already exploded?"

"Yes! I was very shocked when I first saw it. As expected of a friend of an idol, his enthusiasm for learning is impressive!" Although Tim smiled and said words of admiration, Jason's intuition told His schedule is inseparable from the kind-hearted and warm-hearted boy in front of him, "So following the topic just now, the problem of living is not a big deal, although considering that the 'Red Hood' may need activities, in the position The choice is relatively limited, but it’s not impossible. From now until the next semester, we can definitely solve the problem of accommodation. We can stay in Titan Tower temporarily during the period of looking for a house. San Francisco is two kilometers away from Stanford. It’s only a three-hour drive, maybe there’s still time to go to Silicon Valley or even LA.”

Every time Tim said a word, he pulled out several files from the high mountain of materials. The files of the house alone were piled up as high as half an arm, and there were various versions, ranging from three days to several months. **Procedure.

"Thanks for your hard work. It took you a lot of time to sort out these materials, right?" Jason silently reached out his hand to stabilize the mountain of folders that were crumbling because the "foundation" was pulled out too much, and he understood Tim's look. How did he come to look like he's overburdened?

Two weeks have passed since the timeline was corrected.

Everything looks very "normal". Except for Bruce, Jason, Barry and Artemis, no one has discovered that the world has been distorted. Still thinking about passing on Wakanda's gift to Jason.

After correcting the timeline, Barry was depressed for several days. Batman also suspended his night patrol for the first time without serious injury or illness. Nightwing was so scared that he ran back to Gotham from Bluhaven. Stealing rare metaphysical props from Bruce's office, trying to detect whether Batman is cursed by supernatural powers.

Even Damian couldn't hold it back anymore, and started to use his brains on his mother on the other side of the world, trying to get Talia to do something to stimulate Batman, but one day Barry had no warning. Visiting in the evening, the children of Wayne's family, except for Jason, all lay outside Bruce's office and eavesdropped for a long time, and only concluded a nonsensical sentence: "Accept the things we can't change, for those who still have a chance To change, it takes courage to act and the wisdom to distinguish between the two.”

What on earth is the reason for Barry to come to Gotham (yes, he did) just to share a saying?No one knows if you want to break your head, but after that visit, Batman resumed his activities. The only difference is that there is a small glass memorial cabinet in the corner of the Batcave, which contains C4 and a blood-stained fistful. hammer.

When everyone in the Wayne family, except for Alfred, thought that daily life was about to return to peace, another blockbuster was dropped on the cozy family dinner table-Jason left Gotham to continue his studies , the goal is Stanford.

Bruce's smile was very stiff, and he tried to "communicate" with Jason with his eyes, but the latter deliberately buried his head in his mouth, while praising the deliciousness of Ah Fu's stew, Ah Fu smiled and asked Jason about his university arrangements. He even muttered about what luggage to prepare.

Dick wiped his tears with his napkin and was sobbing, while showing a smile of relief like an elder aunt who saw a child who made a mistake and finally realized it.

Damian said proudly with his hips on his hips that he had learned a lot of knowledge at the age of five, and that he, who has a doctorate level of knowledge, is the most qualified person in this room to go to "advanced studies" with Jason.

Tim is the most indifferent and normal person, second only to the tall tree that has grown to a person's height. That night, Groot was doing fitness exercises with music in the garden, and he didn't participate in the process at all.

It now appears that instead of being indifferent, Tim has been working on these plans since that day.

Looking at the other party's red eyes due to bloodshot eyes, as well as the blue and black puffy bags under the eyes, and Sam Winchester who was also shot on the West Bank—hope his GPA this semester can still stand— Jason really felt that he should take medicine for Tim's crazy fan behavior.

Since he is Tim's idol, he has to do what an idol should do. A good idol can have a positive impact on fans.When necessary, even if you want to make fans sad, you will not hesitate.

"I really want to go to Silicon Valley. It's a capital of entrepreneurship. I think the second phase of your New Gotham Project can refer to the Silicon Valley model. After the hardware equipment is built, young people are encouraged to start their own businesses. Wayne There are other families that can jointly invest in a fund to invest in..."

Tim was still enthusiastically talking about the itinerary he arranged, but was interrupted abruptly by Jason, and forced to pick up an embarrassing topic he had never thought of.

"Tim, have you contacted your parents recently?" Jason leaned forward slightly, put his hands on his knees and met Tim's eyes, taking in the panic that flashed in the other's eyes.

"What... what?" Tim's eyes widened immediately, but he had to close them tightly due to the dryness of staying up all night, letting the physiological tears secrete to moisten the overworked eyeballs, and Jason couldn't Continue to see his emotions, "Um, no, I mean, they are very busy, and they are probably doing research on some Aztec pyramid in South America right now."

Although the Drake family has their own business, the Drake couple's real passion lies in archaeology, and they are also well-known in the anthropological circle.From childhood to adulthood, Tim doesn’t know how many times he looked forward to his parents to take him to visit various places, but except for a few extremely rare long vacations, Tim spent most of his time watching his parents dragging their luggage. Go and go, and he has gradually learned to accept that he is no match for the status of archeology in his parents' hearts.

Tim doesn't mind, because he's got better things to pursue -- he's got Batman and Robin.

So Tim didn't feel bad (well, maybe a little , after all, if the Drakes had actively fought in front of the judge, the result would have been different), but I felt a little happy.

For him, the Wayne family is more like a family, although Bruce is sometimes difficult to communicate, Dick's emotional ups and downs are as violent as a roller coaster, Jason is doing things differently every day, and Damian is an annoying devil boy , but this is the temperature that a family should have, and Ah Fu is the most trusted grandfather of all of them. All this is much better than the cold Drake family that is never short of food and clothing!

It's no exaggeration to say that Tim never expected Jason to mention his biological parents in front of him.

"Well, did you call or write to them?" Jason continued to ask.

"I suppose there is...?"

"When?"

"Uh huh, I can't remember? At Thanksgiving?"

"That's really a long time ago... um... how about this, you call them, and then I'll take some time to put these things—" Jason patted the travel plan in front of him, "read carefully Okay, and then discuss with you, how about it?"

"Uh, okay." Tim nodded dully, watched Jason pick up the information, gave him a thumbs up in approval and left, then he took out his mobile phone, and found out from the address book that he didn't know how long he hadn't called. number, press the green call key.

As everyone knows, the familiar beep did not sound, but a system notification: "The number you dialed has been suspended..."

Staring dumbfounded at the phone that was still repeating system notifications, Tim opened the text message box bluntly, and began to search for the last text message sent by his parents or himself, but he couldn't find even one.Said that since the day he started using the current mobile phone, he has not sent a message with his parents.

How long has it been since he heard his parents' voices?